George Zimmerman acquitted in Trayvon Martin case - in pictures

George Zimmerman stands as the jury arrives to deliver the verdict as his attorneys Mark O'Mara, Don West and Lorna Truett look on at the Seminole County criminal justice centre in Sanford, Florida Photograph: Joe Burbank/Reuters

Supporters of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman demonstrate in front of the building as they wait for the verdict to be announced Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Demonstrators gather and wait for a verdict in the trial Photograph: Brian Blanco/EPA

The Martin family's legal representatives Natalie Jackson, Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks listen as George Zimmerman is declared not guilty in Seminole circuit court Photograph: Gary W. Green/Reuters

Demonstrators react to the not guilty verdict outside the Seminole County criminal justice centre Photograph: Brian Blanco/EPA

Zimmerman's family reacts to the verdict Photograph: Gary W. Green/Reuters

A demostrator hugs a child after learning Zimmerman had been found not guilty Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

A sheriff's deputy carries Martin's hooded sweatshirt as trial evidence is moved out of the building Photograph: MCT /Landov /Barcroft Media

A New York woman reacts to the news Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

A man shouts as police try to remove protesters in Los Angeles Photograph: Jason Redmond/Reuters

A protester takes to the street after news of Zimmerman's acquittal in Harlem, New York Photograph: Keith Bedford/Reuters

Demonstrators react to the verdict in Sanford, Florida Photograph: Brian Blanco/EPA

Police extinguish a fire during a protest against the verdict in Oakland, California Photograph: Anda Chu/AP