In pictures: Spanish protesters clash with police over austerity budget
A protestor carries a sign as demonstrators walk towards Spain’s parliament in Madrid Sept. 25, 2012 to protest the government’s tough 2013 budget that will cut into social services as the country teeters on the brink of a bailout.ANDREA COMAS/Reuters
Protesters gather close to Spain’s barricaded parliament on Tuesday. Police cut off main routes to the building with a double layer of metal barricades and vans, while a helicopter hovered overhead.ANDREA COMAS/Reuters
A protester screams as he is dragged away by police after police charged demonstrators outside the the Spanish parliament in Madrid.PAUL HANNA/Reuters
Protesters gather in Madrid on Tuesday.ALBERT GEA
A policeman clubs a protester. Thousands gathered in Neptune plaza where they planned to form a human chain around parliament, surrounded by barricades, police trucks and more than 1,500 police in riot gear.PAUL HANNA/Reuters
Police charge at demonstrators outside the the Spanish parliament.PAUL HANNA
A topless protester is surrounded by cameramen during the anti-austerity demonstration outside the Spanish parliament in MadridPAUL HANNA
Riot police clash with protesters.ANDREA COMAS
Protesters surround police vans near parliament.ANDREA COMAS
A demonstrator struggles with Spanish National Police riot officers outside the the Spanish parliament in Madrid.SERGIO PEREZ
Protesters scuffle outside Parliament during the anti-austerity demonstrations.ANDREA COMAS/Reuters
Demonstrators take part in an assembly before Tuesday’s mass rally in Madrid.SUSANA VERA/Reuters
Protestors wait for the start of the assembly held before an anti-austerity protest. The protest, promoted over the Internet by activist groups, was younger and more rowdy than recent marches called by labour unions.SUSANA VERA/Reuters
Demonstrators hoist a sign with an image of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy before the rally.SUSANA VERA/Reuters