London's Walkie-Talkie building – in pictures

Due to the building's concave design, sunlight is reflected into a localised point Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

A young couple kiss as they stand in the reflected sunlight Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Crowds gather as a television crew try to fry an egg Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Women look up as the sun is reflected down Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

City workers walk past bicycles in Eastcheap Photograph: Ray Tang/REX

A lemon, with blistering from the sun, in the window of a gentlemen's grooming shop across the street from the skyscraper Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

A woman shields her eyes as sunlight is reflected off the building Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

People look up at the Walkie Talkie, as it reflects sunlight Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

An egg fried in sunlight Photograph: Andy Scofield/PA

A Londoner experiences the unexpected intensity of solar rays Photograph: Richard Baker/In Pictures/Corbis

A man reacts to a shaft of intense sunlight Photograph: LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images

A man holds a frying pan to cook an egg in the beam of light Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

Temporary scaffold screens have been erected to prevent further damage Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA