SocietyPhotos: Tens of thousands rally in France over rising costs and economic hardship

Tens of thousands of union members joined strikes and demonstrations across France on Thursday, calling for higher wages and supporting a growing high school protest movement. Unions said about 260 protests were planned nationwide. Student blockades and teacher walkouts disrupted roughly a third of high schools, public transport was heavily affected, and the Eiffel Tower closed for the day.

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