Fracking protests in UK: 48 hours of direct action - in pictures

Police in body armour walk in front of a tanker heading for Cuadrilla's test drill site in Balcombe, West Sussex Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-fracking activists block the road in an attempt to delay the tanker's arrival Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters block the road by the entrance to the test drill site Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

The Green MP Caroline Lucas was arrested along with dozens of other people during the protest. Lucas was later released on bail Photograph: Tony Kershaw/Rex Features

Children in an old double-decker bus go on a ride around Balcombe Photograph: Rod Harbinson/Demotix/Corbis

Anti-fracking protesters at the main gate to the Cuadrilla drill site Photograph: Rod Harbinson/Demotix/Corbis

Activists from Reclaim the Power blockaded Cuadrilla's PR company Bell Pottinger, supergluing themselves and raising a banner above the entrance calling the firm 'fracking liars' Photograph: P Nutt/Demotix/Corbis

A locked-on activist superglued to Cuadrilla PR Bell Pottinger is fed grapes by a fellow protester Photograph: P Nutt/Demotix/Corbis

Anti-fracking protesters scuffle with police outside the exploration site in Balcombe
Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

Police remove an anti-fracking activist who had superglued herself to the window at Bell Pottinger, Cuadrilla's PR firm in London Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

A police officer uses a tool to cut through a pipe glued to the arm of an anti-fracking protester and forming a makeshift barrier at Cuadrilla's PR company Bell Pottinger in London Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-fracking demonstrators dance as they block the main entrance to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Anti-fracking activists link arms to resist police officers clearing the road outside the main entrance to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site in Balcombe Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Police officers arrest protesters outside Cuadrilla's test drill site in Balcombe Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A protester in front of the police line outside the Cuadrilla test drill site in Balcombe Photograph: Rod Harbinson/Demotix/Corbis

Police officers arrest anti-fracking protesters in Balcombe, West Sussex Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Police officers arrest anti-fracking protesters at the Cuadrilla site in Balcombe Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Anti-fracking protesters clash with police after they occupied the headquarters of energy company Cuadrilla in Lichfield, Staffordshire Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

A police officer stands guard on the perimeter of Cuadrilla's test drill site Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images