Anna Hazare, Indian anti-corruption campaigner, freed from jail – in pictures

Anna Hazare, India's most prominent anti-corruption crusader, exits from the gates of Tihar prison in New Delhi, where he had been held since 16 August Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

Supporters of Anna Hazare cheer and shout slogans – nearly 2,000 men, women and schoolchildren gathered outside Tihar jail to catch a glimpse of the activist Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Policemen form a human chain around Anna Hazare, 73, as he arrives at Rajghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi, after his release from jail Photograph: Tsering Topgyal/AP

Anna Hazare prays at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi after he was released from police detention Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters

Anna Hazare, who began his hunger strike while detained in jail, sits in front of a huge Mahatma Gandhi poster in the alloted Ramlila Ground in New Delhi to continue his protest Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Anna Hazare was taken into police custody on Tuesday. He waves to supporters from the back of a police van after his arrest Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

The arrest set in train huge protests across India. Activists of the Bharatiya Janata party and supporters of Anna Hazare shout slogans during a protest in Amritsar Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A supporter Anna Hazare wears a symbolic lock around his mouth while taking part in an anti-government rally in New Delhi Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Policemen try to put back police barricades removed by opposition Bharatiya Janata party activists in New Delhi Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

A supporter of Anna Hazare shouts slogans after the activist was detained Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Supporters of Anna Hazare chant slogans as they are detained by police in New Delhi Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

Supporters of Anna Hazare hold a candlelight vigil in Allahabad Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Bharatiya Janata party activists and supporters of Anna Hazare shout slogans as they burn an effigy representing the Indian government during a protest in Amritsar Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Supporters of Anna Hazare, including members of the Telugu Desam party (TDP), pose with fake rupee notes during a rally in Hyderabad Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

Communist party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) activists burn an effigy representing the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government during a rally in Hyderabad Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters lie on the ground as they try to prevent Anna Hazare from being detained by police Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Supporters try to stop the car carrying Anna Hazare after he was detained Photograph: AP

Indians wave the national flag as they surround Anna Hazare in Rajghat, New Delhi, prior to his arrest Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Anna Hazare sitting in a meditative posture at Rajghat, the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi, prior to his arrest Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP