Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside the courthouse during the trial of a man accused of drugging his wife for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on September 2, 2024. The case involves 50 co-defendants.The defendants, 18 of whom are on remand, are men aged between 21 and 68 at the time of the events. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)