Police use a water cannon against protesters during the fifth night of clashes in IstanbulPhotograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/APProtesters run as they are hit by a police water cannon during clashes near the Turkish prime minister's office between Taksim and Besiktas in IstanbulPhotograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ImagesRiot police use teargas to disperse protesters in IstanbulPhotograph: Sedat Suna/EPA
Protesters gather with Turkish flags in Istanbul's Taksim SquarePhotograph: Tolga Bozoglu/EPAA plainclothes policeman, second left, detains a demonstrator as riot police use water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters in IstanbulPhotograph: Stoyan Nenov/ReutersAnti-government protesters demonstrate in AnkaraPhotograph: Umit Bektas/ReutersDemonstrators set up road blocks between Taksim and BesiktasPhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople move an injured demonstrator away from confrontations with the policePhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty ImagesA protester sleeps in Taksim SquarePhotograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ImagesTwo Turkish women argue in front of riot police positioned at the main Kizilay Square, near the office of the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in AnkaraPhotograph: Burhan Ozbilici/APDemonstrators try to extiguish a fire in a container used for construction workers in Taksim SquarePhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Turkish deputy prime minister, Bulent Arinc, gives a press conference in which he apologised on behalf of the government to protesters hurt in clashes with police and called for an immediate end to the protestsPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesA Turkish demonstrator raises his hands during a protest in front of the prime minister's office in central AnkaraPhotograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople donate food for activists at Gezi ParkPhotograph: Sedat Suna/EPAPeople sit down as they continue with their protest at Gezi ParkPhotograph: Selin Alemdar/Getty ImagesAn Occupy Gezi demostrator takes part in a gas mask dance protest in Gezi ParkPhotograph: Claudia Borgia/Demotix/CorbisA Turkish riot policeman uses teargas against a woman in Taksim Square. The image, taken on 28 May, has been published in newspapers and on social media all around the worldPhotograph: Osman Orsal/Reuters
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