Police officers stand guard by bins and furniture set on fire in the street during a demonstration of high-school students, in Paris on October 6, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
Paris: Some 256,000 people took part in student-led protests over calls for better school classroom conditions across France on Tuesday, including 56,000 in the capital, Paris, according to the interior ministry.
Organisers gave a higher figure of 450,000 demonstrators across the country and 100,000 in Paris, as parents, teachers and union workers joined the high school students' movement.
