A sports teacher trained in first aid who volunteers as a street medic, poses for a portrait during a demonstration at Place de la République in Paris on November 5, 2026. With helmets on their heads, gas masks around their necks, and spray bottles in hand, "street medics"volunteer first-aiders who lack any official legal statusassemble and self-fund their own equipment to treat injured protesters during demonstrations in Paris. (Photo by Simon WOHLFAHRT / AFP via Getty Images)