Steve Watson
18th October 2026

Locals keep dancing, jogging and giving tours in BURNING Paris while Macron hits a Celine Dion concert

France’s streets burned, shops were looted and stripped bare and a historic town hall collapsed under arson. Yet the most striking images from Saturday night were not the fires. They were the people who carried on as if nothing was happening.

One woman jogged straight through thick black smoke past a burning barricade, treating the chaos like an outdoor treadmill session.

Groups of French boomers kept dancing while buildings were torched around them, and a tour guide was filmed continuing her routine for visitors, smiling and pointing out landmarks while flames literally engulfed the city right in front of tourists.

https://modernity.news/2026/10/18/this-is-perhaps-the-most-dystopian-thing-ever/

According to AI - 10 European countries are having varying levels of rioting.

France, Albania, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Romania and Austria.

AI says that Ireland is listed among countries experiencing active demonstrations in what is being called "the autumn unrest wave".

AI says "Police Scotland" has maintained heavy deployments during flashpoints - the Scottish are experiencing what AI calls "anti-immigration" versus "anti-racism" clashes.

or maybe it has

AI says what the Bondi Beach massacre and the vehicle hit of MP Helen Haines have several key connections - "both central to major, shock security incidents that prompted counter-terrorism investigations"

AI notes that Dr. Haines' legislative focus was directly involved in the political aftermath of the Bondi Beach tragedy.

In the last twelve months over 107 significant antigovernment protests have erupted worldwide.

*Last updated September 9 2026.

https://carnegieendowment.org/features/global-protest-tracker