At the end of a week in which Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was ravaged by flames, sending waves of anguish rolling across France, yellow vest protesters on Saturday marched once again in the capital and in cities around the country, demanding that President Emmanuel Macron address the nation's inequality.

Though the number of protesters was down steeply in the 23rd weekend of protests compared with the hundreds of thousands from past demonstrations — fewer than 10,000 turned out across France, with 7,000 in Paris, according to the police — marchers in the center of the city still made their presence felt.