Riots in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Protesters pose in President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's cabinet room inside government headquarters in Bishkek
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Protesters break through an entrance to the Kyrgyz government headquarters
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

People rush through the broken steel fencing surrounding the government building in Bishkek
Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

Protesters gather in front of the government headquarters in the central square in Bishkek
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Opposition lawmaker Isa Omurkulov speaks to protesters
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

A boy rides a bicycle in front of a burning shopping centre in the centre of Bishkek
Photograph: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

Protesters gather in front of the Kyrgyz government headquarters
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Roza Otunbayeva, the interim government leader at a press conference in Bishkek
Photograph: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

A protester covered by the Kyrgyz national flag walks in front of the government headquarters
Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Protesters walk inside the damaged government building
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

The vandalised parliament hall in Bishkek
Photograph: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

Medics attend to a man injured during clashes in Bishkek
Photograph: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

Protesters stand near pools of blood, following clashes with police near the main government buildings in Bishkek
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Kyrgyz opposition protesters take away the bodies of men killed during unrest in Bishkek
Photograph: Igor Kovalenko/EPA

Kyrgyz protesters beat police officers close to the opposition headquarters
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Riot police try to protect themselves during clashes with protesters
Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

Opposition supporters throw stones
Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters try to take a rocket-propelled grenade from a riot policeman
Photograph: Reuters

Riot police are attacked by protesters
Photograph: Igor Kovalenko/EPA

An injured man is carried away from the clashes
Photograph: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

A demonstrator sets a car on fire
Photograph: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

Police officers throw themselves over a wall as they flee from protesters
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

An ambulance packed with injured people prepares to leave the main government building
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

An opposition supporter waves the national flag near the main government building in Bishkek
Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images