French police attacked demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons on November 24 as hundreds of thousands demanded President Emmanuel Macron resign over the rising cost of living.
The “yellow jacket” protests, named for the yellow high-vis jackets French motorists are obliged to have in their cars in case of breakdown, were sparked by rises in fuel duty that the government says is aimed at encouraging people to switch to electric cars.
Demonstrators built barricades in the streets and some ripped up paving stones and starting fires.
Big protest against Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security bill outside parliament in Tokyo, August 30.
About 120,000 people rallied outside Japan’s parliament on August 30 opposing what they call the “voluntary war law”.
