Women's rights activists protest at Davos - in pictures

Activists from the women's rights organisation Femen march towards the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos Photograph: Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters

Security and police look on as a Femen activist protests with slogans written on her body, including 'poor for being women' Photograph: Jean-christophe Bott/EPA

Activists chant to onlookers outside the forum Photograph: Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters

An activist holds a red flare outside the WEF meeting Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

The activists tried to get into the congress centre to disrupt the meeting Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Femen members are silhouetted outside the congress centre Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

An activist from the Ukrainian feminist group is taken away by police after the protest Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

Activists shout slogans, blow whistles and light flares during the protest Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Swiss police try to arrest the activists Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Police arrest a protester at the entrance to the congress centre Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/AP