Anti-Japan protests in China grow over disputed islands - in pictures

Demonstrators march as police stand guard outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

A man kicks the door of a Japanese bar decorated with Chinese national flags in Shenzhen
Photograph: Keita Van/Reuters

Protesters burn a Japanese national flag in Shenzhen Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese people waves flags and an image of a woman killed by Japanese soldiers during the second world war while chanting anti-Japanese slogans in Chengdu Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

A child draped in a Chinese flag sits on a man's shoulders during a protest near the Japanese embassy in Beijing Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

A policeman emerges from a closed Japanese restaurant in Beijing which has been covered with Chinese flags and banners saying 'Protect my Diaoyu islands' and 'I love China' Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Paramilitary police stand guard behind barriers as they allow in about 100 protesters at a time to demonstrate in an area outside the Japanese consulate in Shanghai Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Chinese migrant workers protest outside the Japan embassy in Beijing Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

People walk past a giant poster declaring a boycott of Japanese goods, displayed on the facade of a Beijing shopping mall Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

A worker covers the sign of a Japanese restaurant chain with blue sheets ahead of major protests in Shanghai Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

A woman drags a Japanese flag during a protest march towards the Japanese embassy in Beijing Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Police officers arrest a protester in the Bund area of Shanghai Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Demonstrators hold up a banner bearing people's signatures and the words 'Diaoyu islands belong to us' during a protest outside the Japan embassy in Beijing Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Paramilitary police stand guard near a small sign reading 'Blood' during a protest near the Japanese consulate in Shanghai Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP