Police vehicles drove into the crowd, injuring some, and by the end of the day the crowds had been cleared by riot police. Many protesters, organized over the Internet, appeared the next morning in Brussels to demonstrate at the G8 Summit meeting. There has been a huge increase in confrontational direct action by young political activists in England, who have attacked targets as diverse as new road developments and fields of genetically modified crops. A bowler-hatted gentleman from a traditional banking house confronts a young protester in London's financial district. A protester aims a firehose at a line of riot police outside a brokerage house in London's financial district.
Demonstrators face riot police in the haze caused by a smoke bomb.
Riot police and mounted officers advance, pushing back protesters. A demonstrator kneels in prayer before a line of riot police. A protester stands on a street sign to view the crowd of 10,000 people.