US college students celebrate spring break in Mexico

Tourists dance at a discotheque in Cancun, Mexico last week. College students from across the US flock to the city every year to celebrate spring break Photograph: Reuters

College students on holiday for spring break enjoy themselves at the beach in Cancun, Mexico Photograph: Israel Leal/AP

Party-goers dance at a discotheque in Cancun Photograph: Reuters

College students soak up the sun on the beach in Cancun Photograph: Reuters

Tourists walk past federal police officers in Cancun, Mexico. Drug violence near Mexico's border with the US has surged in recent weeks Photograph: Reuters