Video taking off 93x its usual first day

Paris protest footage follows firefighters to a burning restaurant

ET Now World's compilation moves from storefront fires and police charges to demonstrators' complaints about purchasing power.

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ET Now World Story of November 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 42,697 views a day, 93 times a normal first day on this channel (457).

Paris Erupts in Violent Clashes as Shops, Restaurants and Cars Burn During Protests Across France

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0:00The compilation opens with La Barrique's facade burning; firefighters arrive with hoses at 00:26.
1:25Footage shows damaged storefronts, including an Intermarché supermarket and a phone shop.
3:12Shield-bearing police advance down streets toward stone-throwing demonstrators.
4:31Police water cannon disperse crowds near Place de la République.
6:57Masked people smash into an Intersport store entrance.
11:12Street interviews address policing, inequality, support for young people and declining purchasing power.

La Barrique's facade is engulfed in flames when ET Now World's Paris protest compilation begins. Firefighters arrive with hoses as smoke pours from the storefront, before the footage moves to burning vehicles and smashed shop windows.

The upload drew about 21,000 views in eight hours, an unusually fast start for the channel's regular-length videos. It follows other France protest compilations on ET Now World, but this one opens with firefighters confronting a commercial building fire rather than the mass marches featured in its earlier upload.

This is a compilation of street footage, carrying TIMES NOW and VIORY branding, rather than a presenter-led explanation of the unrest. It shows shield-bearing police advancing toward stone-throwing demonstrators, tear gas spreading through crowds and water cannon being used near Place de la République. Later, masked people force their way into an Intersport entrance.

The demonstrators' own explanations arrive after eleven minutes. Interviewees voice grievances about policing, freedom of expression and inequality. Men wearing yellow vests speak about supporting young people, and one says purchasing power has fallen further. Those closing interviews put economic complaints alongside the destruction that dominates the opening.

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