Riots continue in Ukraine - in pictures

Black smoke from burning tyres rises during the clashes in central Kiev Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

An anti-government protester waves the Ukrainian flag from a barricade Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

An anti-government protester throws another tyre onto a burning pile Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/Getty

A protester uses a catapult to launch a projectile at police Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

An anti-government protester wears a gas mask at the barricades Photograph: Reuters

A protester throws a molotov cocktail during clashes with police on Hrushevskoho Street Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

Barricades continue to smoulder in the daylight Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA

A protester sits near a burnt-out vehicle Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters

A protester wearing a Ukrainian national flag keeps watch Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA

A protester runs past burning tyres Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP

A priest prays in front of riot police as smoke billows from a burning barricade Photograph: Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AP

Demonstrators gather outside the regional administration headquarters in Chernivtsi as riot police keep them out Photograph: Reuters

Ukrainian riot police stand in line Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA

An anti-government protester waves a Ukrainian flag Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

A woman hands out bread rolls to the protesters Photograph: Arturas Morozovas/Barcroft Media

Protesters throw stones at police near Dynamo Kiev’s stadium Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty Images

A woman talks to riot police Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

An anti-government protester takes cover behind a makeshift shield Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty Images

Riot police use water cannon on the protesters Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Violent protests in Ukraine have spread beyond the capital Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty Images