Photos of the protests rocking France

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France has been rocked by weeks of protests against a push for labor reform by French President Francois Hollande. 

Hollande has sought to cut France's employment rate, which is holding above 10%, by making it easier for individual employers to fire and hire employees. Protests, which have frequently turned violent against the measure, insist that such a law would cut away at France's high standards of labor protection. 

The protests have put added pressure on France's police, which are still coping with a state of emergency following November's terror attacks. In response to the violent protests, France's police held an "anticop hatred" demonstration that was marred by a police car being torched. 

Photos of the French protests are below. 

French police held an "anticop hatred" peaceful demonstration in Paris today after 350 members of the French police have been injured in protests across the country.

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The anticop hatred demonstration was marred, however, when protestors attacked a police car with iron bars and a petrol bomb.

REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Protestors also protested against the police demonstration, as well as continuing to protest the new labor law.

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