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Environment

Balcombe anti-fracking protest – in pictures

Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
Environmental activists march through Balcombe, west Sussex, as anti-fracking demonstrations continue at the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
A group of cyclists on the Balcombe march Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
A general view of the march. Police estimated that at least 2,000 people were involved Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
A protester holding a sign sits in front of the police line Photograph: Bogdan Maran/EPA
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
A protester wearing a police hat leads a chant Photograph: Bogdan Maran/EPA
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
A protester outside the entrance of the Cuadrilla site in Balcombe Photograph: Bogdan Maran/EPA
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
Drummers march to the beat of their drums Photograph: Tony Kershaw/Rex Features
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
Protesters link arms at the front of the march Photograph: Tony Kershaw/Rex Features
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
Police search a field near the drill site Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
An anti-fracking protester dressed as a clown dances outside the drill site gates Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
Vanessa Vine (left) of the Frack Free Sussex group joins the environmental activists Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Fracking protests UK: Balcombe anti fracking protest in pictures
Protesters link arms outside the drilling site Photograph: Tony Kershaw/Rex Features
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