Workers install plywood boards on a bank facade in Lyon, on October 23, 2026 ahead of protests. France will deploy some 70,000 security personnel nationwide for new protests this weekend, Interior Minister said on October 23, warning that calls for violence and looting were already circulating on social media. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker cuts out a plywood boards to apply on windows in Lyon, on October 23, 2026. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers install plywood boards on windows of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lyon, on October 23, 2026. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker unloads plywood boards to install on a shop window in Lyon, on October 23, 2026. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers install plywood boards on a shop window in Lyon, on October 23, 2026. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers prepare plywood boards to install on a shop window in Lyon, on October 23, 2026. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers carry plywood boards to protect the storefront windows of a BNP bank in Paris on October 23, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP via Getty Images)

A man sits with a drink on the terrace of a Starbucks store, with windows covered in plywood board in Paris on October 23, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP via Getty Images)