Fire and fury
From Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., the United States have been rocked by protests after a white policeman was cleared in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
The unrest after Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, a predominantly black city with a white-dominated power structure, underscores the nature of race relations and strained ties between African-American communities and police.
Police form a line in a street under a Seasons Greeting sign, in Ferugson.
A woman approaches the barricade to confront the police outside the Ferguson Police Department.
A police car burns on a street in Ferguson.
California Highway Patrol officers walk to clear the 101 freeway from protesters in Los Angeles.
A protester stands with his hands on his head in a cloud of teargas in Ferguson.
Protesters run from a cloud of tear gas in Ferguson.
A protester stands in the street after being treated for teargas exposure.
A resident, lying shirtless, keeps warm as another approaches the blazing skeleton of Juanita's Fashions R Boutique after it was burned to the ground.
A protester jumps on a Ferguson police car set on fire.
A demonstrator sits in front of a street fire during a demonstration in Oakland.
A protester confronts a police officer.
A New York City Police officer struggles with demonstrators as they block traffic near the Lincoln Tunnel.
A woman speaks to an LAPD officer during a demonstration at LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles.
Inmates in the South Bay House of Corrections cheer as demonstrators clash with police on the street below the facility in Boston.
A protester faces off against a line of police on the 110 freeway during a demonstration in Los Angeles.
Police officers react to violent protesters during a second night of protests in Ferguson.
A protester has help washing his eyes out after being pepper sprayed during a second night of protests in Ferguson.
Amanda Ashe of Oakland, left, faces off with a police officer during the second night of demonstrations in Emeryville.
James Cartmill, of Veterans for Peace, holds an American flag upside down, to indicate distress, during a demonstration in Oakland.
A man leaves a Smart & Final food and supply store during a demonstration in Oakland.
