Ukraine CrisisPhoto Essay

Alex Frank

The protesters want Victor Vanyukovyk to resign from office.

Photographer: Jon Stanley

The protests start out calm.

Riot police clash with protesters.

Photographer: Cristopher Spencer

A man throws a newspaper lit on fire at riot police.

Fire spreads on the ground around the riot police.

Independence square with the ash and debris from things lit on fire during the protests. Photographer:

Kalani Gordon

Independence square from a different angle.

Protesters behind barricades trying to keep the police out of independence square.

Protesters behind a barricade they built.

More protesters camped out behind a barricade.

A member of the Ukrainian military.

Photographer: Rob Wile

Ukrainian military tanks

Photographer: Cristopher Spencer

Ukrainian military members

Military personnel in tanks

Photographer:Mark Memmot

Protesters burning a bus.

Photographer: Daniel Hurst

Protesters throwing newspaper lit on fire over the barricade.

Photographer: Joyce Christyn