More than 500,000 protesters converged on central London on Saturday, March 26, for a union-organized march to protest British Prime Minister David Cameron's budget cuts. While most protesters were peaceful, a breakaway group of anarchists attacked businesses and police barricades as the marchers made their way through the city's exclusive West End. Nearly 200 people were arrested.
Riot police stand in front of a burning barricade in Jermyn Street during clashes with protesters. London police claimed to have deployed 4,500 officers.
Police gather in front of Parliament ahead of the march.
A protester holds a smoke flare during clashes with police.
A banner displayed in Trafalgar Square calls for "regime change."
Police guard Fortnum & Masons in Piccadilly during the march.
A couple dressed as caricatures of Prime Minister David Cameron and Margaret Thatcher mime scissors with their hands.
Two elderly women stand by as a group breaks away from the peaceful protesters, vandalizing properties as they march up Piccadilly.
Protesters attack a police vehicle as violence breaks out during the march.
