Kuwait anti-government protests – in pictures

Demonstrators break open the gate as they storm the Kuwaiti National Assembly in Kuwait City after police and elite forces beat up protesters marching on the prime minister's home to demand he resign Photograph: Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images Kuwaiti members of parliament stand at the podium of the National Assembly Photograph: Reuters A Kuwaiti demonstrator shouts as he and others gather inside the Abdullah al-Salem hall of the National Assembly in Kuwait City Photograph: Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images Demonstrators gather at the National Assembly in Kuwait Photograph: YASSER al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images A Kuwaiti protester waves the national flag Photograph: Nasser Waggi/AP