A protester throws a projectile during a yellow vest (gilets Jaunes) anti-government demonstration today in Nantes, western France
Protesters standing in a cloud of tear gas and wearing masks in Nantes today
A demonstrator holds a placard reading RIC, the acronym for ‘Citizens initiated Referendum’ during a demonstration in Nantes
Protesters sit in the street on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris today
Protesters push through a gendarmes roadblock on the Bir-Hakeim bridge as clashes with police break out around Paris
Protesters wearing yellow vests face down French anti-riot police officers during a demonstration against high taxes in Paris
People wearing yellow vests climb a wall as they take part in a demonstration called by the yellow vests movement, to protest against the rising costs of living they blame on high taxes, in Paris today
Tear gas, a water cannon, and baton charges were used by riot police around the capital during earlier marches.
At its peak at the start of December 89,000 riot police with 750 arrests in one weekend in the capital alone.
Around 126,000 ‘yellow vests’ – named after the fluorescent jackets they wear – were counted by the Interior Ministry during the biggest demonstrations.
This weekend police have been watching carefully, but both police and protesters appeared to be out in much smaller numbers than on previous weekends.
The demonstrations have targeted French President Emmanuel Macron, who ceded to several of their demands for tax relief and other economic help.
However many people remain frustrated with his pro-business leadership and are continuing to stage roadblocks at roundabouts around the country.
Yellow vest protesters clash with riot police armed with shields and batons as demonstrations in Paris resume for a seventh weekend
Anti-government demonstrators set fire to garbage bins and other items in the center of a street during a protest in the western French city of Bordeaux
Protesters push through a gendarmes roadblock on the Bir-Hakeim bridge in Paris
Crowds wearing yellow vests and holding banners took part in a demonstration against the rising costs of living they blame on high taxes, in Paris today
A yellow vest anti-government demonstrator gestures towards French police in the northern French city of Lille today
Mounted police patrol on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris
Protesters in Paris stand in front of police officers during a demonstration against the rising costs of living they blame on high taxes
The movement began on November 17 as a protest over fuel taxes and is named after the fluorescent protective gear French motorists must keep in their cars.
Paris officials said preparations would continue for a fireworks display and sound and light show on the Champs-Elysee, the epicenter of repeated violent action against the government, with the Arc de Triomphe ransacked on December 1.
Tens of thousands of tourists and locals traditionally ring in the new year on the wide shopping boulevard, which rises to the Arc monument.
Yesterday a mob of yellow vest protesters tried to storm the holiday home of President Emmanuel Macron.
Around 50 members of the anti-government movement arrived at the medieval fort of Bregancon, on the Riviera coast near Toulon on Thursday, and remained close by on Friday.
A protester argues with a police officer in Paris today. The movement in France originally started as a protest about planned fuel hikes but has morphed into a mass protest against President Macron’s policies and style of governing