Barcelona strike – in pictures

Workers in Barcelona march in protest in the first general strike against austerity measures proposed by the Spanish government
Photograph: Pepe Molina/Sipa/Rex Features

Demonstrators in central Barcelona hold letters 'No' [to cuts] Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters

Women take shelter in a building entrance during clashes beetween riot police and protesters Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

A bonfire outside Barcelona Stock Exchange and graffiti on the building entrance left in wake of clashes between police and protesters Photograph: Alberto Estevez/EPA

A police officer blocks access to the stock exchange after protesters targeted it, burning garbage at the entrance Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP

A shaken Mirian Burrueco reacts behind the broken glass of her shop stormed by striking protesters during clashes with police Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

A riot police officer striking a demonstrator as passersby react with shock Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP

An injured protester is carried to safety Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP

Riot police patrol a street littered with burning garbage bins and shattered glass Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

A man stands close to a barricade of burning tires at the main entrance of Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market of Barcelona Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

A protester throws back a teargas canister during clashes with riot police Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

Hundreds of protesters built a barricade of fire around Mercabarna Market in Zona Franca by burning tyres, to block police access
Photograph: Lino De Vallier/Demotix/Corbis