In pictures: Pension standoff

Demonstrators are unhappy about plans to raise the minimum and full retirement ages by two years to 62 and 67 respectively [AFP]

The protests went into their sixth day on Tuesday [AFP]

Five police officers were injured in clashes in Lyon the previous day [AFP]

Transport, school and postal services have been the worst affected [AFP]

With workers at oil refineries going on strike, petrol stations have run out of supplies [AFP]

Lorry drivers have demonstrated by slowing down traffic on motorways [AFP]

The reform bill is due to be voted on by the senate on Wednesday and the French government has said it will go ahead [AFP]

Authorities would crack down on (***)troublemakers(***), President Sarkozy said on Tuesday [AFP]

Sarkozy added that strikes at oil refineries "cannot exist in a democracy" where "there are people who want to work" [AFP]