France's President Emmanuel Macron meets with business owners whose businesses were damaged during recent riots in Marseille, southern France on October 26, 2026, during a visit to notice the 'return of republican order' after the violence and looting that punctuated the citizen mobilization of October 17, 2026. Protests by high school students over learning conditions sparked a movement that has since spread nationwide, fuelled by broader anger over the rising cost of living. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)