Belfast - weapons at hand
A woman poses with a hammer, one of a selection of objects thrown by rioters and then collected by Reuters’ photographer Cathal McNaughton during his coverage of civil unrest in Belfast since December last year.
The range of items he amassed tell a story of the sectarian tension that continues to affect people’s lives in Northern Ireland, even a decade and a half after the historic peace deal of the Good Friday Agreement.
A woman poses with a child's baton thrown by a rioter.
A child poses with a snooker ball.
A man poses with the remains of a petrol bomb.
A woman poses with a piece of broken mirror.
A man poses with a can of lager.
A man poses with a piece of brick.
A child poses with an unused firework.
A man poses with a section of drainpipe.
Another man poses with a length of wood.
A woman poses with a rubber ball wrapped in insulating tape.
A man poses with two golf clubs.
A woman poses with a golf ball.
A man poses with a builder’s cold chisel.
A child poses with a broken alcohol bottle.
