Pension anger sees violent protests in France amid May Day rallies across world

Climate activists spray-painted a Louis Vuitton museum in Paris, and protesters in Germany demonstrated against violence targeting women and LGBTQ+ people.

Riot police officers march amid tear gas during a demonstration in Paris (Thibault Camus/AP)

A large number of workers and activists globally have marked May Day with rallies calling for higher salaries, reduced working hours and better working conditions.

In France, police charged at radical protesters smashing bank windows as unions pushed the president to scrap a higher retirement age.