What is it like to be in the middle of war-like protests in Paris for a reporter ?

Every week protests turn Paris into a true war zone, but this one was particularly violent. The May Day protest of thousands of "Yellow Vests" demonstrators was infiltrated by hooligans and extremists forming a so-called “Black Bloc”. They came from all over Europe to Paris to "celebrate" Labour Day.

This is a story about our journalist who has been covering the "Yellow Vests" movement since its very beginning in France. Over the months of protests she has been tear-gassed, hit by flash-balls, rubber bullets and water cannons multiple times. She’s sustained many minor injuries and a weekly dose of tear gas has affected her health. She has also been attacked by both the police and violent protesters. We have not disclosed her name in this application for security reasons.

We have also blurred out some of the faces on this footage and we are not showing the face of our reporter since it may affect her further work in the field.…