Cannon event: The most striking moments from the French protests

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Over the weekend, more than half a million people took to the streets of France. What started in September as student protests over underfunded schools, teacher shortages and poor conditions has evolved into a much broader movement against economic inequality and rising living costs, powered by a deep sense of frustration with the political elite. In towns and cities all over the country, young people and students marched alongside trade unionists and supporters of the giletshellip;read more raquo;