France's "yellow-vest" demonstrators are staging another round of protests against the cost of living and President Emmanuel Macron's policies.

This week they are focusing on the police's use of rubber bullets.

Dozens of people have been reportedly injured since the weekly protests started in November. Several have lost eyes.

Jérôme Rodrigues, a leading figure in the movement, addressed the crowd a week after suffering a serious eye injury during a protest in Paris.

"They shoot at the population with a weapon of war," he said. "Is that what France is like today? We just want to fill the fridge and we end up losing an eye."

Much of the protesters' anger has been directed at the use of anti-riot LBD launchers - also known as "flash-balls".

Officials have admitted that these were fired near the site where Mr Rodrigues was hit, but said the link with his injury was not clear.

A French court ruled on Friday that police could continue using the guns because of the threat of violence.

Peaceful rallies have sometimes ended in vandalism and 1,000 police officers have been among those wounded. At least 10 deaths have been linked to the turbulence.

Thousands of people are taking part in Saturday's round of marches in towns and cities across France.

A Facebook page set up by the organisers said they wanted an end to the government's "disproportionate use of force designed to silence the protesters".

At a "great march of the wounded" in Paris, healthy protesters wore eye patches in solidarity.

Mr Rodrigues, a 39-year-old former salesman who is training to become a plumber, told the BBC: "Today's protest is a special protest. It's organised by the injured and for the injured."

In the northern city of Lille one protester carried a banner reading: "Cease fire. Have you gone crazy?"

Sporadic clashes have been reported. Police fired tear gas on the Place de la Republique, a frequent focus of unrest in Paris.

Two protesters were detained in the western town of Morlaix.

47-year-old protester Olivier Béziade, was shot in the temple by a riot gun on 12 January in Bordeaux. Video at the time caught him running from police and then collapsing in the street, his face covered in blood.

Béziade only emerged from a coma on Friday after the Jan 12 critical injury.

He was one of five seriously wounded on that day alone. Campaigners say a dozen people have lost an eye, although the details have not been corroborated.

A lawyer for some of the victims, Étienne Noël, said police did not have sufficient training in using the guns and many victims had been hit in the head.

Few European countries use similar anti-riot weapons, but last month the European Court of Human Rights rejected a move to ban them.