Anti-Japan protests in China grow over disputed islands - in pictures

Demonstrators march as police stand guard outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images A man kicks the door of a Japanese bar decorated with Chinese national flags in Shenzhen Photograph: Keita Van/Reuters Photograph: Keita Van /Reuters Protesters burn a Japanese national flag in Shenzhen Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images Chinese people waves flags and an image of a woman killed by Japanese soldiers during the second world war while chanting anti-Japanese slogans in Chengdu Photograph: Andy Wong/AP A child draped in a Chinese flag sits on a man's shoulders during a protest near the Japanese embassy in Beijing Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP A policeman emerges from a closed Japanese restaurant in Beijing which has been covered with Chinese flags and banners saying 'Protect my Diaoyu islands' and 'I love China' Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Paramilitary police stand guard behind barriers as they allow in about 100 protesters at a time to demonstrate in an area outside the Japanese consulate in Shanghai Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Chinese migrant workers protest outside the Japan embassy in Beijing Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA People walk past a giant poster declaring a boycott of Japanese goods, displayed on the facade of a Beijing shopping mall Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP A worker covers the sign of a Japanese restaurant chain with blue sheets ahead of major protests in Shanghai Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP A woman drags a Japanese flag during a protest march towards the Japanese embassy in Beijing Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP Police officers arrest a protester in the Bund area of Shanghai Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Demonstrators hold up a banner bearing people's signatures and the words 'Diaoyu islands belong to us' during a protest outside the Japan embassy in Beijing Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA Paramilitary police stand guard near a small sign reading 'Blood' during a protest near the Japanese consulate in Shanghai Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP