Greek protesters clash with riot police – in pictures

Petrol bombs are thrown at riot police in Athens Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Police hold their position while exploded molotov cocktails burn Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Protests turned violent on the second day of the strike over €13.5bn austerity package before Greek MPs Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

A riot police officer is engulfed by petrol bomb flames thrown by protesters Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/AP

Masked protesters walk through a cloud of teargas. There are calls for the Greek finance minister, Yannis Stournaras, to resign Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/REUTERS

Police resort to water cannon to disperse protesters near parliament Photograph: Alexandros Vlachos/EPA

Masked protesters clash with riot police as Stournaras tells MPs that Greece had no choice but to swallow yet more austerity Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/EPA

Protesters flee from teargas Photograph: Alkis Konstandinidis/EPA

A protester kicks away a teargas canister on the second day of the 48-hour strike Photograph: Stringer/REUTERS

A protester throws a teargas canister back towards police lines Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Demonstrators take cover under a banner as Greece's prime minister, Antonis Samaras, tells parliament that the package of austerity measures on the table on Wednesday night is definitely the last Photograph: Alexandros Vlachos/EPA

A protester with an anonymous mask stands in front of riot police Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Local reports say around 70 people have been detained over Wednesday's demonstration Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP