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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Riots in Belfast as demonstrations turn violent

Belfast riots: Police dressed in riot gear remove Nationalists blocking the Crumlin Road
Police remove nationalists blocking the Crumlin Road in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast during rioting. Peaceful protests and parades turned violent when night fell
Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Belfast riots: Nationalist protesters attack police in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast
Protesters attack police in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast
Photograph: Stephen Wilson/AFP/Getty Images
Belfast riots: Police remove a nationalist protester before an Orange Order march
Police remove a nationalist protester before an Orange Order march in north Belfast
Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Belfast riots: A Nationalist throws a missile at police in the Ardoyne area, north Belfast
A youth throws a missile at a police cordon
Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Belfast riots: A Nationalist youth standing near burning vehicles throws a missile
More than 80 police officers were injured
Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Belfast riots: A stolen car explodes as police clash with Nationalist protesters
A car explodes during clashes
Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Belfast riots: Cars burn during Nationalist rioting in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast
Masked youths wave their allegiance
Photograph: Stephen Wilson/AFP/Getty Images
Belfast riots: Cars burn during Nationalist rioting in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast
The streets of the Ardoyne were ablaze
Photograph: Stephen Wilson/AFP/Getty Images
Belfast riots: Nationalist protesters build barricades across the street during clashes
Senior police officers have demanded political action to stop the marching season descending into violence. A second night of rioting spread from Belfast to Derry
Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Belfast riots: Nationalist youths set a car alight during clashes with police
Nationalist youths set cars alight
Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Belfast riots: A masked youth prepares to throw a petrol bomb at police
A masked youth prepares to throw a petrol bomb at police in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast. Irish nationalist rioters wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority Photograph: Liam McBurney/AP
Belfast riots: Irish nationalist rioters attack PSNI officers
Irish nationalist rioters attack Police Service of Northern Ireland officers as they use a water cannon in north Belfast, 13 July Photograph: Liam McBurney/AP
Belfast riots: Irish nationalist rioters burn a hijacked car in the Ardoyne
Irish nationalist rioters burn a hijacked car in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, 13 July Photograph: Liam McBurney/AP
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