Another set of great images from TBP. Here are those that interested me most (they fall in 2 main categories): pictures that would be beautiful in another context, if those people were protesting for a worthy cause and pictures of places where I've been (my sister lives in Lyon and I regularly take flights from Orly airport) that look like they're under siege.
Full set at http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/10/france_on_strike.html