
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 10, 2026 shows (from top L and L to R) Ysak, 24, a special-needs educator trained in advanced first aid who volunteers as a street medic, posing for a portrait during a demonstration at Place de la République in Paris on November 5, 2026, Adam, a sports science student who volunteers as a street medic, posing for a portrait during a demonstration at Place de la République in Paris on November 5, 2026, A sports teacher trained in first aid who volunteers as a street medic, posing for a portrait during a demonstration at Place de la République in Paris on November 5, 2026, Bastien, 25, a master's student in design research at Paris-Saclay University trained in first aid who volunteers as a street medic trainer, posing for a portrait during a demonstration at Place de la République in Paris on November 5, 2026, Samia, 38, a retail manager who has volunteered as a street medic since the protests on october 17, posing for a portrait during a demonstration at Place de la Nation in Paris on November 5, 2026 and a street medic trained in first aid, posing for a portrait during a demonstration at Place de la République in Paris on November 5, 2026. With helmets on their heads, gas masks around their necks, and spray bottles in hand, "street medics"volunteer first-aiders who lack any official legal statusassemble and self-fund their own equipment to treat injured protesters during demonstrations in Paris. (Photo by Simon WOHLFAHRT / AFP via Getty Images)


