Belfast unrest – in pictures

An Orangeman confronts riot police as a small protest is stopped along Shankill Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers stand behind their riot shields during a clash with loyalists in the Woodvale Road area of north Belfast, on the second night of violence. Almost 40 officers were injured and a local MP knocked unconscious during the rioting Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Police deploy a water cannon after being attacked by youths throwing bricks and petrol bombs Photograph: Barcroft Media

A loyalist rioter confronts riot police in the Woodvale area. Hundreds of police reinforcements were deployed on Belfast's rubble-strewn streets on Saturday Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP

Police personnel try to extinguish flames as protesters hurl petrol bombs at them during the second night of riots Photograph: Barcroft Media

A man throws a piece of furniture during a clash Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters hold up placards criticising the recent Parades Commission ruling Photograph: Gary McCulloch/Demotix/Corbis

A loyalist protester gestures to the police Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Loyalist protesters sit on top of a police armoured vehicle in the Woodvale Road area. The protesters blocked roads as police kept them back from the nationalist Ardoyne area Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP

A loyalist rioter attacks riot police in the Woodvale area Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP

An unexploded petrol bomb early on 15 July, after the third night of unrest Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Police officers hold shields against attacks by loyalists in the Woodvale Road area Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters