Attack on South Korea island

Plumes of smoke rise from Yeonpyeong island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea. North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells at the island on 23 November Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A South Korean marine base on Yeonpyeong island burns after it was hit by North Korean artillery, in a picture taken on Tuesday and released on Friday Photograph: Reuters

Destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong island Photograph: Dong-A Ilbo/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese cabbages, prepared for the traditional kimchi dish, sit in front of a destroyed house a day after North Korea's artillery attack on Yeonpyeong island Photograph: AP

An injured soldier arrives at the port in Incheon, west of Seoul Photograph: Kim Jae-hwan/AFP/Getty Images

Destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong island Photograph: Dong-A Ilbo/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters in Seoul shout slogans while holding defaced portraits of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, and his son Kim Jong-un Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

An unexploded shell on Yeonpyeong Island Photograph: Hankyoreh/Reuters

South Korean coastguards help evacuees disembark from a ship at a port in Incheon Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

A destroyed car on Yeonpyeong island Photograph: Ongjin County Office/AFP/Getty Images

Destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong island Photograph: Ongjin County Office/AFP/Getty Images

A South Korean man meets and kisses a young evacuee as he disembarks from a coastguard ship in Incheon Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

A woman sits on a damaged street Photograph: Yonhap/Reuters

South Korean protesters burn a North Korean flag during a protest in Seoul Photograph: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

Injured residents of Yeonpyeong arrive at Incheon Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA

South Korean coastguards load aid supplies for Yeonpyeong island on to a ship in Incheon Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Residents of Yeonpyeong island and relatives of soldiers leave a hovercraft belonging to the South Korean navy that transferred them to Incheon Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters

Armed North Korean soldiers wave to passengers on a boat while manning their position above the banks of the Yalu River, 70 kilometres north of the North Korean border town of Siniuju Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Korean nationals in Taguig City, Philippines, shout anti-war slogans in a rally condemning the recent North Korean artillery strike Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

US military aircraft carrier USS George Washington sets sail from Yokosuka naval base, south of Tokyo, on Wednesday, heading to Korean waters to take part in joint military exercises with South Korea Photograph: Kenji Suzuki/AP

South Korean navy ships off Yeonpyeong Island Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Police officers patrol houses on Yeonpyeong Island destroyed by North Korean artillery shelling Photograph: Jo Yong-hak/Reuters

Protesters open a mock coffin for North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, and his son Kim Jong-un on a defaced North Korean flag during an anti-North Korea demonstration in Seoul Photograph: Truth Leem/Reuters

The South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, visits a military hospital in Seongam to meet marines injured in the North Korean bombardment Photograph: Jo Bo-hee/AP

A resident passes by a damaged house on Yeonpyeong Island Photograph: Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA

South Korean veterans salute at a memorial service in Seongam for marines killed in North Korea's bombardment Photograph: AP

South Korean activists burn anti-North Korea placards during a protest in Seoul against North Korea's attack on Yeonpyeong Island Photograph: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images