Students block the main entrance of the University Institute of Technology (IUT) in Lannion, western France, on October 21, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest over learning conditions. On October 20, 2026 more than 2,000 high school and university students have demonstrated calmly in Lille, Lyon and Rennes, three days after the violence and looting on the sidelines of the mobilizations against the high cost of living, AFP journalists observed. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP via Getty Images)