Rostock, Germay, June 2 2007: Protestors blow bubbles during a demonstration against the upcoming G8 summitPhotograph: Jens Meyer/APRostock, Germany, June 4 2007: Anti-globalisation activists dressed as clowns take part in a demonstrationPhotograph: Torsten Silz/AFPBad Doberan, Germany, June 4 2007: A police officer uses a special mirror to check underneath a car at a security check pointPhotograph: Jochen Luebke/EPA
Rostock, Germany, June 5 2007: An activist draws a sign in the style of German village signs, it roughly translates as "Heiligendamm, end of democracy" onto the roadPhotograph: Thomas Haentzschel/APHeilingendamm, Germany, June 5 2007: Police patrol along the 12 kilometre long security fence around the resort where the G8 leaders will be meetingPhotograph: Sean Gallup/GettyBad Doberan, Germany, June 6 2007: An activist takes a cigarette break at a roadblockPhotograph: Frank Hormann/APHeiligendamm, Germany, June 6 2007: Riot Police use CS spray on a protester after breaking up a street blockade near the venuePhotograph: Axel Schmidt/AFPHeiligendamm, Germany June 6 2007:Protesters come face to face with police trying to block roads round the G8 sitePhotograph: Graeme Robertson/GuardianBad Doberan, Germany, June 6 2007: Journalists outnumber an airborne police unit which had landed near a roadblock on one of the roads leading to HeiligendammPhotograph: Andreas Gebhard/GettyHeiligendamm, Germany, June 6 2007: US President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speak to the press following a meetingPhotograph: Mandel Ngan/AFPBad Doberan, Germany, June 6 2007: Protesters clash with police trying to block roads around the G8 sitePhotograph: Graeme Robertson/GuardianHeiligendamm, Germany, June 6 2007: Activists Bob Geldof,left, NGO Claudia Warning ,2nd left, singer Youssuf N'Dour,2nd right and rock musician Bono of U2, right meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centrePhotograph: Herbert Knosowski/APRostock, Germany, June 6 2007: Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie arrive for the G8 summitPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/EPABad Doberan, Germany, June6 2007: Police use water cannon against protestors trying to make their way to the G8 summitPhotograph: Fabian Bimmer/APHeiligendamm, Germany, June 6 2007: Chancellor Angel Merkel, left and the Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi take their marks at a photocallPhotograph: Peer Grimm/EPA
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