Braving the winter weather, a man identified as 43-year-old Serge Charnay has camped out on the structure for more than 24 hours, and was joined on Saturday by a friend locked in a similar legal battle.

For my boy: Serge Charnay stands on a 43-metre crane and waves a banner that reads ‘Benoît, two years without a dad’ in Nantes, France onu00a0the third day of a protest for his rights as a father. Pics/AFP