Student protesters gather at the University of London to march on parliament before the vote on university funding Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesStudents hold placards protesting at planned fee increases and funding cutsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA protester looks out from between giant replica books outside the University of LondonPhotograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Giant books are used to express student anger at politicians and their funding plansPhotograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty ImagesRiot police stand outside parliament awaiting the arrival of thousands of student protestersPhotograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesDemonstrators form a circle in the middle of Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds installation in the Tate Modern's turbine hallPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/REUTERS'I pee on your fees': more placards and protesters in the Tate ModernPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/REUTERSRed smoke from flares engulfs police officers in Parliament SquarePhotograph: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersStudent protesters scale the gates of Belfast city hall, Northern IrelandPhotograph: Peter Morrison/APProtesters run into Parliament Square after knocking down pre-erected barriersPhotograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAPolice officers scuffle with demonstrators and the media during the Parliament Square protestsPhotograph: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersA protester tries to take a police officer's truncheon outside parliamentPhotograph: Andrew Winning/ReutersA policeman is covered in paint thrown by a demonstratorPhotograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesAn officer detains a demonstrator on the edge of Parliament SquarePhotograph: Karel Prinsloo/APRiot police form a human barrier in front of parliamentPhotograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAStand-off between police and protesters in Parliament SquarePhotograph: Lewis Whyld/PAMetal barriers divide the police and demonstrators in Parliament SquarePhotograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersA protester scales the barriers Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PAAn injured demonstrator is carried awayPhotograph: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersA police officer is helped away as photographers look onPhotograph: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersA sea of peaceful protesters in Trafalgar SquarePhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PAProtesters kettled in Parliament SquarePhotograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty ImagesA man is detained after clashes between police and protestersPhotograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesA demonstrator wields a stick at police advancing on horsebackPhotograph: Andy Rain/EPAPolice officers surround a protester on the edge of Parliament Square Photograph: Matt Dunham/APTwo demonstrators stand above a bonfire in front of parliamentPhotograph: Dominic Lipinski/PADemonstrators create a makeshift pyre of wooden benchesPhotograph: Paul Jeffers/APAs darkness descends, a security hut is set ablaze Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PARiot police patrol the crowds of protestersPhotograph: CARL COURT/AFP/Getty ImagesA car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to a Royal Variety performance comes under attackPhotograph: Matt Dunham/APA window was broken and paint thrown at the car carrying Princes Charles and the Duchess of CornwallPhotograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images
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