(FILES) Pedestrians walk past a burnt car and between debris following recent protests over the cost of living, in Fort-de-France, Martinique, on September 23, 2024. "Bekes make the law": a Martinique woman shouts, struggling to make ends meet, sums up the socio-identital tensions that run through Martinique, against the backdrop of the legacy of slavery on this island in the Caribbean colonised by France in 1635. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)