A lone protester emerges from clouds of smoke. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Vehicles were set on fire as thousands of people took to the streets of Paris during May Day. This month celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1968 protests in France which saw millions of students and striking workers flood the streets in demonstrations that changed the country. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A protester holds a French tricolore flag with an anti-Macron slogan outside a destroyed McDonald's fast food restaurant. Unions called for marches to protest against government reforms in the public services. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Cobblestones were thrown by masked protesters during clashes with French riot police. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
Remi Faussemagne, a 22 year old, student and cashier, poses for a photograph during the annual May Day workers' rally in Paris. AFP/LUCAS BARIOULET
Countrywide, around 143,000 people took part in labour marches, according to government estimates. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A protester made up as a slave targets president Emmanuel Macron' during the demonstration on International Workers' Day. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Masked protesters block a road ahead of clashes with French police. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
A protestor throws a missile towards police as teargas clouds rise. AFP/ALAIN JOCARD
People escort a woman suffering the effects of tear gas on Pont d'Austerlitz. More than 1,000 youths with black jackets and face masks joined the traditional union-led demonstration for worker's rights and attacked police and buildings. AFP/Lucas BARIOULET
Riot police detain protesters after clashes broke out with activists. AP/Francois Mori
Police use water cannons to disperse crowds as thousands of people took to the streets of the French capital. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A lone protester emerges from clouds of smoke. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Vehicles were set on fire as thousands of people took to the streets of Paris during May Day. This month celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1968 protests in France which saw millions of students and striking workers flood the streets in demonstrations that changed the country. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A protester holds a French tricolore flag with an anti-Macron slogan outside a destroyed McDonald's fast food restaurant. Unions called for marches to protest against government reforms in the public services. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Cobblestones were thrown by masked protesters during clashes with French riot police. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
Remi Faussemagne, a 22 year old, student and cashier, poses for a photograph during the annual May Day workers' rally in Paris. AFP/LUCAS BARIOULET
Countrywide, around 143,000 people took part in labour marches, according to government estimates. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A protester made up as a slave targets president Emmanuel Macron' during the demonstration on International Workers' Day. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Masked protesters block a road ahead of clashes with French police. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
A protestor throws a missile towards police as teargas clouds rise. AFP/ALAIN JOCARD
People escort a woman suffering the effects of tear gas on Pont d'Austerlitz. More than 1,000 youths with black jackets and face masks joined the traditional union-led demonstration for worker's rights and attacked police and buildings. AFP/Lucas BARIOULET
Riot police detain protesters after clashes broke out with activists. AP/Francois Mori
Police use water cannons to disperse crowds as thousands of people took to the streets of the French capital. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A lone protester emerges from clouds of smoke. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
