Ivory Coast on brink of civil war – in pictures

People burn tyres and block the street where security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo opened fire on demonstrators Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

A woman allegedly shot dead during the protest in Abobo Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-Gbagbo protesters near a roadblock in the Abobo area of Abidjan Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters

The UN and analysts warn that the country could return to civil war, as in 2002-3, which divided north and south Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

More than 200,000 people have fled Adibjan's northern suburbs, according to the UN operation in Ivory Coast Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

A protester brandishes a knife near the roadblock Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters

A UN soldier from Niger jumps out of a pickup truck at the UN compound in Abidjan Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo stand guard on a main thoroughfare in the Attecoube neighbourhood of Abidjan Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

UN armoured vehicles stationed between women protesters and security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

Women stage a rally in front of the headquarters of the United Nations mission in Abidjan Photograph: Ding Haitao/AP

Young protesters man a road block at an entrance to a main square in the Abobo, Abidjan Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP