Thousands of students demonstrated near Bastille Square in Paris on Thursday afternoon, as France 's nationwide student protests continue. Crowds of students climbed the famous Bastille Monument. Some waved the French flag and sang the national anthem. Footage from Reuters TV showed riot police charging at protesters with batons as they moved in to clear the square. Earlier on Thursday, students barricaded Helene Boucher High School in northeastern Paris with trash bins before police broke up the protest with tear gas. As students gathered at the school, riot police assembled in the side streets. Many protesters wore surgical masks or hoodies, apparently to avoid identification.
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