Tear gas and baton charges were used by French police on thousands of Yellow Vest protestors threatening the Arc de Triomphe in Paris today during more mass anti-government demonstrations. The ugly scenes came on the 9th Saturday in a row of violence that now routinely reduces the capital city to a war zone, as on demonstrator clad in a Panda suit was battered to the ground and carried away in distress. In Paris, epicentre of the fiery street clashes and vandalism that have made global headlines, 5,000 riot police were on hand, using tall barricades and armoured vehicles to lock down the central Place de la Concorde and surrounding districts. 🇫🇷 #francomaidan

Argentinian Belen Pouchan, 26, smacked her face on a large wooden chair in Barcelona after trying to get back up from bending through a hole in the middle of it. Footage shows the TV celebrity grab her face after impact and drop to her knees as blood splatters the floor. Belen said she was conscious throughout but went into 'a little bit of shock' because of the bad blow to her face. She had five stitches after the accident and said she spent seven hours at hospital. #lol #losers 😂

Chilling INKS to a grisly past: How tattoos of Russia's Soviet-era gangland prisoners read like underworld CVs full of bloodshed, violence and criminal honour. #wow ☠️ http://clc.am/hrb7Rw

James Goddard is handed a pint of lager and a cigarettte by Yellow Vest activists as he is released on bail after his arrest, five days after protesters abused Tory MP Anna Soubry with 'Nazi' slur

Elephants have EVOLVED to not grow tusks in Mozambique national park where nearly 90% were slaughtered for ivory to fund 16-year civil war #wow #science 🐘http://clc.am/BRXlbw

Tear gas and baton charges were used by French police on thousands of Yellow Vest protestors threatening the Arc de Triomphe in Paris today during more mass anti-government demonstrations. 🇫🇷 #francomaidan 🔥

French police detain a bloodied Yellow Vest (Gilets jaunes) protester during an anti-government demonstration in Marseille today

French anti-riot police draw their weapons while colleagues detain a protester during renewed clashes in Paris today

At least five people are killed in car crashes during Winter Storm Gia as it dumps nearly a foot of snow in the Mid West and causes chaos as it barrels towards the East Coast 😱❄️⛄️ http://clc.am/uzoxZw

Elderly couple, 85 and 89, killed when their luxury Manhattan building apartment bursts into flames in the early morning 😱 #NYC

Shutdown becomes the LONGEST in history at 22 days: 800,000 federal workers receive $0 on their paychecks as Trump continues to fight for funds to build his border wall http://clc.am/mm9EyA