Joe M O'Brien

A burning car, set ablaze by rioters sits on Clarence Road in Hackney during the London riots. 8th August 2011.

The Queen Ann statue after a V for Vendetta mask had been placed on it by Occupy London protesters. St Paul's Cathedral. London. 26th February 2012.

Demonstration against the re-election of President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The election was the first since a war which resulted in 4 million dead. London. 10th December 2011.

Protest against fracking to delay drilling by Cuadrilla which sought to carry out shale gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing, 'fracking.' Balcombe, West Sussex. UK. 31st July 2013.

Anti-government protesters gather on Institutska Street to march to the Ukrainian Parliament. Kyiv. 14th February 2014.

Anti-government protesters hold a defaced portrait of President Viktor Yanukovich outside Kyiv City Hall. Protesters ended the nearly three month occupation of the building in exchange for Yanukovich's promise to release all held protesters. Kyiv, Ukraine. 16th February 2014.

A woman holds a bloodied gas mask during clashes between anti-government protesters and government forces. Intitutska Street. Kyiv. Ukraine. 18th February 2014.

Protesters hold a bloodied police helmet during clashes between anti-government protesters and government forces. Khreshchatyk Street, Kyiv. Ukraine. 20th February 2014.

A wounded anti-government protester is taken to a waiting ambulance during clashes between anti-government protesters and Government forces. Kyiv, Ukraine. 20th February 2014.

An unidentified armed soldier stands guard outside the Cabinet of Ministers. Between 27th-28th February Pro-Russian gunmen seized government buildings in the Crimean capital. Unidentified armed soldiers occupied Crimea's airports. Russia formally annexed Crimea on 21st March 2014, 5 days after a referendum in which organisers said 97 percent of voters had voted for secession and was seen as illegitimate by the EU and US. Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine. 2nd March 2014.