UN staff killed by Afghanistan mob – in pictures

Smoke billows from the UN HQ Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Afghans chant slogans during a demonstration in Mazar-e-Sharif Photograph: Mustafa Najafizada/AP

Smoke rises from the UN compound in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, where a mob massacred staff after the burning of a Qur'an by a Florida pastor Photograph: Mustafa Najafizada/AP

A man wounded in the attack on the UN compound is carried away Photograph: Mustafa Najafizada/AP

An Afghan policeman walks past a burnt vehicle at the UN compound Photograph: Mustafa Najafizada/AP

Afghan people set a US flag alight during a protest in Herat against burning of the Qur'an Photograph: Jalil Rezayee/EPA

Protesters chant slogans in Kabul Photograph: S. Sabawoon/EPA

An US flag is burned in Kabul Photograph: S. Sabawoon/EPA

Afghan protesters walk with sticks, as they carry a wounded colleague in Kandahar Photograph: Allauddin Khan/AP

Afghan soldiers are seen through the front window of a car believed to have been used by attackers outside the gate of a NATO base in Kabul Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP

An Afghan policeman collects body parts after an attack at Camp Phoenix in Kabul Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

An Afghan policeman stands guard near the charred remains of a vehicle at the UN HQ after protesters attacked the compound in Mazar-e-Sharif Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan protesters hold an effigy of US President Barack Obama and a cross during a rally in Jalalabad Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

An Afghan protester beats a burning effigy of US President Barack Obama during a rally in Jalalabad Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP