Allez: A Gilets Jaunes or "Yellow Jacket" protester flys the French Flag marching towards the Arc de Triomphe. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Sun Up: A French riot police officer stands ready, while colleagues around him get organized. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
First Shift: French riot police line up to meet Gilets Jaunes protesters on the Champs-Elysées. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Defiant: One group of Gilets Jaunes protesters chant at French riot police after police deploy tear gas, and use the chaos to bar the group from returning to the main protest on the Champs-Elysees. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Flying The Colors: Gilets Jaunes protesters chant and wave the French Flag on the Champs-Elysees. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Macron Resign: Gilets Jaunes protesters break into chants demanding the resignation of President Macron. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Don't Use That: One Gilets Jaunes protesters immediately chastises a police officer for joining the blockade with his weapon. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Fleeing: With tear gas deployed once again, a Gilets Jaunes protester picks up the small puck to then throw it onto a parking garage entrance that divides the main group of protesters and a group of French riot police. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Gas Starts Again: Following an escalation by a faction inside the Gilets Jaunes, as well as a single French riot officer firing a rubber bullet into a crowd of protesters, tear gas is deployed. Protesters pick up the small pucks of gas and throw them back at police. An officer here throws a puck back towards protesters. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Gas Starts Again 2: Following an escalation by a faction inside the Gilets Jaunes, as well as a single French riot officer firing a rubber bullet into a crowd of protesters, tear gas is deployed once again Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Cartier: Two Gilets Jaunes protesters react to the tear gas that is filling the Champs-Elysees. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Kicking The Gas: Tear gas engulfs the Champs-Elysees. French riot police retreat down an alley. As protesters converge on the alley, they kick tear gas pucks and canisters towards the police. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
In The Cloud 5: After a confrontation in an alley off the Champs-Elysees, French riot police deploy tear gas. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Reinforcements: Riot police come to reinforce a roadblock in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France on December 10, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Wasting Breath: A young Gilet Jaunes protester is interrupted by chanting as she tries to inquire as to why a group of French riot police closed ranks when no immediate threat seemed visible. The behavior by police drew the protesters closer, raising tensions. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Protest Pose: Gilets Jaunes protesters pose on their knees with hands behind their heads. The pose was adopted by the Gilets Juanes following an incident in Mantes-la-Jolie, France where high school students were forced into the pose by police after protesting education reforms. The images sparked outrage once seen on social media. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Shields: French riot police and Gilets Jaunes protesters stand shield to flag as police block protesters from reaching the main heart of the protest on the Champs-Elysees. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Quiet Moment: French riot police and Gilets Jaunes protesters stand shield to flag as police block protesters from reaching the main heart of the protest on the Champs-Elysees. Tension between the two groups lowers a bit, and conversations begin. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Drawing: Moments before the largest outburst of violence and tear gas of the afternoon, a man quietly sketches the Arc de Triomphe. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
Valkyrie: One Gilets Jaunes protester welcomes a moment of calm in the otherwise tense morning. Paris, France, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
At The End Of The Day: At the end of the day the Champs-Elysees is closed down completely. We later learn that this was due to President Macron making a visit to the scene to shake hands with French riot police. (Photo by Aaron Guy Leroux/Sipa USA)
