Ukraine protests and police crackdown – in pictures
Pro-EU activists wave flags as riot police pull back from Independence SquarePhotograph: Sergei Grits/APUkrainian riot police stand in line as pro-EU protesters throw water at them in front of the Kiev city hallPhotograph: EPAA protester lies on the ground in Independence SquarePhotograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Activists guard a barricade during clashes with riot policePhotograph: Efrem Lukatsky/APRiot police hide behind a bus as pro-EU protesters pour water on them from the windows of the occupied city hall in KievPhotograph: Roman Pilipey/EPAPro-EU activists celebrate as riot police leave Photograph: Sergei Grits/APProtesters carry an injured man on a makeshift stretcher in Independence Square Photograph: Gleb Garanich/ReutersRiot police pull an activist from a camp in the centre of KievPhotograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/APRiot police storm the barricadesPhotograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/AFP/Getty ImagesRiot police advance towards the protest campPhotograph: Sergei Grits/APIndependence Square in KievPhotograph: Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators clash with riot police officers at Kiev's central squarePhotograph: heineimaging/Demotix/CorbisA pro-EU activist prays as riot police storm Independence SquarePhotograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/APA pro-EU protester walks in front of a line of riot policePhotograph: Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPARiot police block activists near their tent camps in Independence SquarePhotograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/APProtesters wave flags Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/REUTERSUkrainians take part in the opposition rallyPhotograph: Getty ImagesA priest in the tent campPhotograph: Getty ImagesA protester plays a piano in Independence SquarePhotograph: Getty ImagesA poster bearing an image of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko Photograph: isifa/Getty Images
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