People play petanque while another holds up a flag of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), as French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) conduct a patrol in the "La valllée du tir" district of Noumea during Citizen Day (la fete de la citoyennete) in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on September 24, 2024. French authorities on September 19 grappled with a new spike in violence in the country's overseas territories with security forces killing two men in New Caledonia and officials ordering a curfew after rioting in Martinique. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)