Protesters join street demonstrations across France on day of strike action
Striking teachers, hospital staff and rail workers joined high school and university students in largely peaceful demonstrations in Paris and other cities on Thursday amid a high police presence of 70,000 officers.
The government estimated that at least 600,000 people had taken part, while the leftwing CGT trade union put the figure at almost 1.6 million.
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