Mali coup – in pictures

A soldier poses atop a military vehicle outside the presidential palace in Bamako, capital of Mali on Friday. The whereabouts of Mali's president Amadou Toumani Toure were unknown, a day after mutinous soldiers declared coup Photograph: Harouna Traore/AP

Coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, third from right, speaks to soldiers under his command at a military camp in Bamako Photograph: Aliou Sissoko/AP

Soldiers block a road in the capital Photograph: STRINGER/REUTERS

A soldier loads an appliance into a truck outside the gates of the compound housing government ministries in Bamako Photograph: Harouna Traore/AP

People wander through the wreckage of an insurance company office looted after the coup Photograph: STRINGER/REUTERS

Men push their scooters in search of fuel in Bamako. The fuel price has doubled in Mali since the coup Photograph: STR/EPA

People are using petrol bottles to fill tanks Photograph: STR/EPA

People line up at petrol station as pumps run dry Photograph: HABIBOU KOUYATE/AFP/Getty Images

Coup caught most people by surprise as they woke up to the news of army taking over the capital and dismissing the government Photograph: STRINGER/REUTERS