A protestor walks with a placard featuring images of world political and business leaders, which translates as 'fed up with fatting these pigs' as teargas clouds move among the crowd during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in Paris on October 31, 2026. "Exceptional" security deployment with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized and an alarmist tone: for Act III of the protests against the high cost of living, right in the middle of Halloween festivities, the authorities fear a repeat of the October 17 nightmare. France has been rocked by widespread anger over the rising cost of living and inequality. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP via Getty Images)