(8 Dec 2018) A crowd of "yellow vest" protesters marched down the Champs-Elysees avenue in central Paris on Saturday, surrounded by scores of riot police amid fears of new violence.
Hundreds of people gathered around the Arc de Triomphe, which was damaged in rioting a week ago.
They then started walking peacefully down the avenue, lined with high-end shops normally bustling before the Christmas holidays but boarded up amid worries of more looting or other damage.
A Paris police spokesman said more than 170 people had already been detained on Saturday on suspicion they were planning violence, though most were later released.
French President Emmanuel Macron's government has deployed 89,000 security forces around the country for Saturday's protests against his reforms.
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