London riots aftermath: day 4 – in pictures

A large crowd turned out in Clapham with brooms and dustpans to help clean up the streets Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Fire crews douse burnt-out buildings on London Road in Croydon Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

A cleaner hoses down the street around burnt-out Minis set ablaze during riots in Hackney Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

A police officer stands by the remains of the House of Reeves in Croydon. A massive fire consumed the 100-year-old furniture store Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A firefighter sprays water on the remains of the House of Reeves furniture store, which was set on fire by rioters in Croydon Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

A firefighter inspects the charred remains of the House of Reeves furniture store in Croydon. The century-old building was targeted by rioters as violence erupted across south London Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A man walks past the remains of vehicles set alight during riots in Hackney, east London Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

Firefighters spray water on smouldering buildings on London Road in Croydon Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Smoke billows from the crumpled Sony Centre warehouse in Enfield Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters

Pedestrians inspect a pile of burnt-out vehicles in Ealing, west London. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

A chair is left embedded in a restaurant window in Haven Green in Ealing, west London Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

A man clears up in a supermarket in Ealing, west London Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

A sign is attached to a lamppost outside Finsbury Park tube station the morning after the third night of rioting across the capital Photograph: Tom Jenkins

Residents gather as firefighters examine the aftermath of a blaze in the Party Store, Clapham Junction Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Volunteers prepare to clear up around Clapham Junction, south London, after looting and rioting overnight Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Residents sweep away ash on Clarence Road in the aftermath of riots in Hackney, east London Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex Features

Residents armed with brooms prepare to clean up Clarence Road in the aftermath of riots in Hackney, east London Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex Features

Residents prepare to help clear up Clarence Road in the aftermath of riots in Hackney, east London Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex Features

Residents join forces to clear ash-filled roads in Hackney, east London Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The shattered window of a Tesco supermarket in Haven Green after a night of rioting in Ealing Broadway, west London Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

David Cameron talks to officers from the London fire brigade during a visit to the Metropolitan police's Gold Command headquarters in Lambeth Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Boris Johnson addresses the crowd in Clapham Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Members of the public raise their brooms to Boris Johnson as they clean Clapham Junction Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

People clean up the streets of Clapham after the riots Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Boris Johnson walks with Superintendent Jo Oakley near the burnt-out Reeves furniture store in Croydon Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A police forensic officer takes fingerprints from a damaged shop in Ealing Photograph: Jonathan Short/AP

David Cameron talks to Superintendent Jo Oakley in Croydon Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images

A publican boards up his pub in central London Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters