The Eiffel Tower is seen in the background as smoke rises around press photographers wearing helmets during a demonstration against proposed labour reforms in Paris. Twenty-six people were hurt and authorities made 15
Arrests as protests in Paris over disputed labour reforms descended into violent clashes between riot police and masked troublemakers. Police fired water cannon in southern Paris to quell rioters as “several hundred” masked protesters lobbed objects at police in bloody scenes in the French capital.