Black Friday: the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush - in pictures

Highland, Indiana: shoppers line up outside a Target store on Thanksgiving night Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

New York: crowds gather outside Macy's department store Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Schaumburg, Illinois: shoppers line up outside a Toys 'R' Us store Photograph: Jacek Boczarski/ Jacek Boczarski/Demotix/Corbis

Mesquite, Texas: people rush inside a Best Buy store Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

Burbank, California: a crowd of shoppers in Target Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters

Highland, Indiana: people shop at a Target on Thanksgiving night Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Atlanta, Georgia: people wait in line at a Best Buy store Photograph: Erik S. Lesser/EPA

Atlanta, Georgia: customers wait in line to pay for their shopping at a Target store open early for Black Friday Photograph: Erik S. Lesser/EPA

Las Vegas, Nevada: customers wait for a pallet of PlayStation games to be opened Photograph: Ron Pruitt/Demotix/Corbis

New York: a young girl chooses a doll at the Toys 'R' Us store in Times Square Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Getty Images

New York: people crowd the first floor of Macy's department store after it opened at midnight Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Atlanta, Georgia: customers shop for sale items at a Target store open early for Black Friday Photograph: Erik S. Lesser/EPA

New York: shoppers wait to pay in the Times Square Toys 'R' Us store after doors were opened to the public at 8pm Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

Burbank, California: people shop at Target on Thanksgiving Day Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters

San Francisco, California: a man pushes a flat-screen television inside Best Buy during Black Friday Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters