Nationwide strike in France challenging Macron's pension reform

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2019 shows a closed metro station due to a strike in Paris, France. Train and metro stations are deserted, schools closed and many aircrafts grounded across French cities on Thursday as the country's labor unions staged a nationwide strike to force President Emmanuel Macron to abandon the pension reform. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)