Locusts! Again!
Man, I'm glad Mrs. F and I went to Paris when we did (back in the April/May timeframe); this via the London Guardian:

In a devastating new twist to the severe drought hitting southern Europe, France is now fighting a plague of hundreds of thousands of locusts which are devouring everything from crops to flowers in village window boxes. The worst invasion by the voracious insects is centred on Saint-Affrique in the Aveyron region where, for the first time since 1987, hundreds of thousands have hatched in the last week. [...] Farmers in the region, many producing Roquefort cheese, are already furious with their government. A group of them led by anti-globalisation campaigner José Bové - himself a cheese producer - led 150 ewes on to the landmark Millau viaduct last Wednesday, blocking tourist traffic for three hours.

You gotta love that French pastoral nonviolent action.