Burnt vehicles are seen on a road leading to the capital in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on May 20, 2024. Separatists in riot-hit New Caledonia refused on May 20 to abandon road blocks that have paralysed much of the Pacific archipelago and halted commercial air traffic, defying a major security operation by French forces. (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)