epa10540274 Bordeaux mayor Pierre Hurmic poses next to a wing of the charred gate of the City Hall (L) as he calls for 'decisions to prevent the country from catching fire', in Bordeaux, France, 24 March 2023. After the ninth day of protests against the French government's pension reform, which were marked in Bordeaux as elsewhere in France by a strong public mobilization, an isolated group set fire to the door of the town hall of Bordeaux in the evening on 23 March. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
