In the wake of the “Bloquons Tous” protest on October 12, 2025, at Place de la Nation in Paris, the streets bear the traces of a tense afternoon — broken windows, graffiti, blood stained tissues, smoke lingering in the autumn air, and the steady rhythm of police boots along emptied boulevards. The demonstration, part of the growing “Bloquons Tous” (“Let’s Block Everything”) movement, rallied workers, students, and climate activists under a shared call to resist economic precarity, austerity measures, and what they describe as a government deaf to social unrest. As protesters clashed with police lines and barricades went up, the city once again became a stage for France’s enduring tradition of dissent. These images capture the last remnants of the day’s tense confrontation — crowds dispersed through clouds of tear gas, police brigades tightening their formation, and a capital suspended between defiance and control.