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A year on, the gilets jaunes have lost 24 eyes and five hands â?" and made a deep mark on French society
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Demonstrators run from a persistent torrent of tear gas canisters along near the Arc de Triomphe. The demonstrations marked the fourth weekend of “gilets jaunes” or "yellow vest" protests, which sparked in
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Gilets jaunes anniversary: France's yellow vest movement is in desperate search of a direction | CNN
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Gilets jaunes anniversary: France's yellow vest movement is in desperate search of a direction | CNN
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