Police officers patrol on Place de la Republique during a demonstration to protest against the "high cost of living", in Paris on October 17.
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France is bracing for yet another wave of protests this weekend with authorities racing to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and riots that hit the nation last week.

French authorities will be launching a massive security operation with some 70,000 police officers deployed across the country over the weekend, according to the interior ministry.