00:00 From the sky over Noumea can be seen numerous columns of smoke.
00:03 Businesses and shops on fire, a sign that the tensions continue.
00:08 Rioters in New Caledonia have targeted the island's economic core.
00:13 This transport company's premises have been set alight and a car showroom completely burned out.
00:20 In the north of the city pro-independence activists still have roadblocks mounted. On this road, there's no way through.
00:29 "We're out here this morning having a moment of reflection, just to pay homage to our dead, all our innocent brothers who've fallen.
00:35 Our fight is a legitimate one. We're just saying don't take away our benefits."
00:40 At this roundabout traffic is let through, though there is a dissuasive roadblock.
00:45 But many roads remain impassable.
00:48 Security forces are gradually clearing the main thoroughfares.
00:52 A military convoy advances slowly to reopen this dual carriageway.
00:59 Police are protecting strategic bridges like this one.
01:03 And for the first time since the start of the unrest, there are signs that things are calming down.
01:10 In the Magenta neighborhood in the north of Noumea, one of the worst affected, white flags have gone up.
01:16 Protesters are themselves clearing the streets of burned-out cars.
01:20 Young people here want to show they intend to bring an end to the violence.
01:26 "For six days now, our parents haven't been able to sleep.
01:29 So we want to stop all this. And too many people have died. So we have decided to stop."
01:34 Despite 29 arrests on Monday, France's Interior Ministry says things have quietened down in New Caledonia.
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