G20 PROTESTS TORONTO

A protester with gas mask and camera participates in a standoff with a line of riot police on Bay Street during the G8 and G20 Summits, Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.



Last week, leaders of nations from both the G8 and G20 gathered in Ontario Canada, for meetings in in Huntsville and Toronto. Canadian authorities planning for the event spent an estimated $1 billion, mostly for security. Tens of thousands of protesters descended on Toronto, looking to have their voices heard on a broad range of issues, from indigenous rights to anti-capitalist ideals, to human and animal rights, and much more. Many peaceful marches took place throughout the weekend, but on Saturday, a small group of "black bloc" anarchists became violent, smashing storefronts and burning several police vehicles. Harsher tactics and more arrests by the 20,000 police officers deployed to Toronto soon followed, although many of those arrested were released from a temporary G20 detainment center soon after





A USMC VH-60 Blackhawk flies through Toronto's financial district, hovering over Union Station at a very low altitude, between the skyscrapers at 1pm on June 23rd, 2010. It landed on a grassy area next to the CN Tower, doing aerial trials/drills for the upcoming G20 this past weekend.

Leaders of the organization Defenders of the Land lead a march of several hundred indigenous people on a march through the streets of Toronto to bring attention to the plight of indigenous peoples in Canada two days prior to the opening of the G20 Summit on June 24, 2010 in Toronto, Canada

Security scrutinizes the horizon from atop a building near the security perimeter of the G20 site on June 25, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. Tens of thousands of police fanned out across Ontario on June 24, on the eve of the back-to-back summits, throwing a ring of steel around the eastern Canadian province as world leaders began arriving for two key summits focused on economic recovery and global development.

Protesters march during a demonstration for indigenous sovereignty ahead of the G8 and G20 summits in downtown Toronto, June 24, 2010.

Oxfam activists pose as G8 leaders "pregnant with promise" during a photo opportunity ahead of the G8/G20 summits in Huntsville, Ontario June 24, 2010. Oxfam urged the leaders to deliver their promises made in past G8 meetings. From left, portraying Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Canada's PM Stephen Harper, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Japan's PM Naoto Kan.

People sit in Muskoka-style chairs next to a "fake lake" inside the G20 International Media Centre on June 25, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. The $57,000 water feature, part of the larger Media Centre costing nearly $2 million, includes comfortable chairs for visiting journalists, canoes and a large video screen showing beautiful scenes of Canada.

A pedestrian crosses an empty Yonge street in Toronto on Friday, June 25, 2010.


Heads of state and world leaders, walk to the 2010 G8 Summit family photo at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday, June 25, 2010. From left are: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi; EU President Jose Manuel Barroso; US President Barack Obama; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; French President Nicolas Sarkozy; President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy; Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; British Prime Minister David Cameron; and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Protester Jim Duncan demonstrates in the "designated free speech area" in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada on June 25th, 2010. Protest activity has been light during the G8 Summit, held in the small community north of Toronto.

Toronto Metro Police in riot gear prepare to deploy around G20 Summit protesters in midtown Toronto June 25, 2010.

Protesters line the streets carrying signs and banners during the G20 summit in in Toronto June 26, 2010.

Police in riot gear stand guard in front of activists during a protest ahead of the G20 Summit in downtown Toronto, June 25, 2010. About 2,000 protesters thronged Toronto on Friday in the biggest rally yet against the G20 summit, facing off against police in riot gear just blocks from the U.S. consulate.

A police officer holds back demonstrators protesting the G8/G20 summits June 25, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A demonstrator dressed as a seal stands beside police officers dressed in riot gear during a protest ahead of the G20 Summit in downtown Toronto, June 25, 2010.

The Feminist March files down College St. on June 25, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The march was one of several planned in the city to coincide with the gathering of world leaders for the G20 and G8 summits being held in Toronto and nearby Muskoka June 25-27.

police escort waits on the tarmac for the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and his wife Emine Erdogan to arrive at Pearson International Airport for the G8 and G20 Summits, Friday, June 25, 2010 in Toronto.

Riot police on horseback move through the streets of downtown Toronto in the midst of protests against the G20 summit in Toronto, June 26, 2010.

A photographer takes pictures as police officers form a line to hold back demonstrators protesting the G8/G20 summits on June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario Canada.

A protester with a flower clenched in his teeth is seized by riot police during protests at the G8 and G20 Summits, Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Toronto.

A violent anti-G20 protester, using Black Bloc tactics, throws a chair through the window of a Tim Horton's while demonstrators smashed their way through downtown streets June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

Demonstrators attempt to stop some of the violent anti-G20 protesters, part of a group using Black Bloc tactics, from entering a shopping mall downtown June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

A violent anti-G20 protester, part of a group using Black Bloc tactics, threatens journalists downtown June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

A group of protesters all wearing black destroy a police car as the authorities stood nearby. June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

An anti-G20 protester, part of a group using Black Bloc tactics, reaches into a store's broken window to loot cell phones downtown June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

The first of two Police squad cars was set on fire on Queen Street at Spadina Avenue, June 26, 2010 at 6:26pm. A second squad car 15 feet away was torched about an hour later and earlier in the day at around 3:30pm 2 squad cars were set on fire at King/Bay Street in Toronto.

Police officers in riot gear walk in front of a burning police car during a protest against the G20 summit in downtown Toronto, June 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Mark Blinch) #

Riot police, using tear gas, try to disperse demonstrators at Queens Park in Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010.

Police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration at the G20 summit in Toronto, June 26, 2010.

A protester lies bleeding as he is detained by riot police during a demonstration against the G20 summit in Toronto, June 26, 2010.

Police officers stand behind their bicycles as protesters are stopped by a line of officers behind a burnt police car during G20 Summit protests in downtown Toronto June 26, 2010.

Police arrest a protester during an anti G20 demonstration on Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Toronto.

Protesters thought to be part of an anarchist group using black bloc tactics change from their black outfits into street clothes as police surround their position following their anti G20 rampage through the streets of Toronto, Canada, June 26, 2010.

Police officers in full riot gear form a wall across Yonge Street June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

Marine One, with U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron aboard, prepares to land alongside Toronto's CN Tower, following their flight from the G8 Summit to the G20 Summit, June 26, 2010.

Heads of state and governments and other dignitaries pose for a family picture during the G20 summit on June 27, 2010 in Toronto.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk during their trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit inToronto Sunday, June 27, 2010.

Police arrest a protester at a rally outside the temporary G20 police detention center, where over 500 people are now being detained on June 27, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Police ramped up arrests across the city after widespread violence and vandalism plagued the city on the first day of G20 Summit.

A photojournalist shows the damage done to his lower back by a rubber-coated bullet fired by riot police during the G20 Summit June 27, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

Riot police push against a crowd during a street demonstration on the closing day of the G20 Summit in Toronto, Sunday, June 27, 2010.

Riot police in Toronto, Canada make a mass arrest in front of the Novotel Hotel June 26, 2010, where several of the G20 delegations are staying, as the police attempt to secure the city's downtown core near the summit site. Toronto police used tear gas and arrested 75 when a violent mob tried to hijack a peaceful protest by tens of thousands of people against the G20 summit here Saturday, the city's police chief said.

Selena Flood (center) is embraced by friends Jeremy Fischer (left) and Seamus Parker after they were released from the temporary G20 detainment center June 27, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. Hundreds of people, including journalists, were arrested by police in downtown Toronto during the G20 Summit and many were released prior to the 24-hour limit at which time they had to be charged with a crime.

SCENES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO

Based on recently revised estimates, BP's ruptured oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico continues to leak 25,000 to 30,000 barrels of oil a day. The new figures suggest that an amount of oil equivalent to the Exxon Valdez disaster could still be flowing into the Gulf of Mexico every 8 to 10 days. Despite apparent efforts to restrict journalists from accessing affected areas, stories, video and photographs continue to emerge. Collected here are recent photographs of oil-affected wildlife, people and shorelines around the Gulf of Mexico on this, the 51st day after the initial explosion.

An American Egret takes flight from an oil-impacted marsh along the Louisiana coast Monday, June, 7, 2010.

Sheila Clark, widow of Donald Clark who was killed in the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, listens as U.S. Senator Charles Schumer speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill June 10, 2010 in Washington, DC. Family members of the 11 victims of the explosion called on the Senate to ensure that the oil and drilling companies responsible for the tragedy.

A hard hat from an oil worker lies in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana June 8, 2010.

he feet of Rebecca Thomasson, of Knoxville, Tennessee are covered in oil after walking along the beach as oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill washes ashore in Gulf Shores, Alabama on June 4, 2010.

A helicopter flies over livestock with sandbags, Tuesday, June 8, 2010 in Buras, Louisiana. Efforts to protect the area from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continue.

A worker walks past a fountain of sand from a dredge as it is pumped onto East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana to provide a barrier against the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill pools against the Louisiana coast along Barataria Bay Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

APTN photographer Rich Matthews dives into the water to take a closer look at oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill on June 7, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico south of Venice, Louisiana.

Patches of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill are seen from an underwater vantage, Monday, June 7, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico south of Venice, Louisiana

A sea turtle is mired in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Grand Terre Island, Louisiana June 8, 2010.

Oil slicks move toward the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Saturday, June 5, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster has started washing ashore on the Alabama and Florida coast beaches.

Clumps of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill splash in the surf on a beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama on June 4, 2010.

Oil sheen is seen streaking under the Perdido Pass Bridge from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast as viewed from a Coast Guard HC-144A plane Thursday, June 10, 2010 in Perdido, Alabama.

An exhausted oil-covered brown pelican tries to climb over an oil containment boom along Queen Bess Island Pelican Rookery, 3 miles northeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana June 5, 2010. Wildlife experts are working to rescue birds from the rookery which has been affected by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and transporting them to the Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center

A bird rescue team captures an oiled pelican for cleaning on Cat Island in Barataria Bay June 6, 2010 near Grand Isle, Louisiana.

Tim Kimmel of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carries an pelican covered in oil from a nesting area to a waiting boat in Barataria Bay, Louisiana June 5, 2010. The pelican was successfully transported to a stabilization center on Grand Isle, Louisiana before being taken to the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Venice, Louisiana for cleaning.

Brown Pelicans, covered in oil from BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, huddle together in a cage at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana June 6, 2010.

Oil covered brown pelicans found off the Louisiana coast and affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico wait in a holding pen for cleaning at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana, June 9, 2010.

Workers clean a Brown Pelican covered in oil at a rescue center at a facility set up by the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana on Saturday, June 5, 2010.

Members of the media photograph volunteers as they clean oil covered pelicans found off the Louisiana coast at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana, June 9, 2010

A volunteer uses a toothbrush to clean an oil covered white pelican found off the Louisiana coast at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana, June 9, 2010

Volunteer Cassen Pulaski cleans an oiled Brown Pelican at a rescue center at a facility in Fort Jackson, Louisiana June 7, 2010. Two hundred and ninety two birds have been brought to the center over a six week period. Eighty-six have been brought in on Sunday. These birds are being rescued and transported to the Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center by well-trained and knowledgeable wildlife responders, veterinarians, biologists and wildlife rehabilitators.

Brown pelicans recently cleaned of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill are seen in a holding area at the International Bird Rescue Research Center Tuesday, June 8, 2010 in Buras, Louisiana.

A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil that has washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, Sunday, June 6, 2010 in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

A suction hose is used to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in Belle Terre, Louisiana.

Ed and Lucy Waltz of Leroy, Illinois, walk to the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Monday, June 7, 2010.

Marine reef ecologist Scott Porter works to remove oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill from his hands on Monday, June 7, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico south of Venice, Louisiana

This image from high resolution video made June 3, 2010, and provided by BP PLC Wednesday morning, June 9, 2010, shows oil continuing to pour out at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

A controlled burn of oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico June 9.

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, June 10th, 2010 and the satellite's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured this image of the thickest part of the oil slick. In the image, the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is positioned in sunglint. In the sunglint region - where the mirror-like reflection of the Sun gets blurred into a wide, bright silvery-gray strip - differences in the texture of the water surface may be enhanced. In the thickest part of the slick, oil smooths the water, making it a better "mirror." Areas where thick oil cover the water are nearly white in this image. Additional oil may also be present.

Gas is flared off on the Discovery Enterprise drilling ship which is collecting oil at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast Wednesday, June 9, 2010.

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill coats marsh grass at the Louisiana coast along Barataria Bay Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

A brown pelican coated in heavy oil wallows in the surf June 4, 2010 on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana.

An oiled brown pelican tries to take flight from Barataria Bay while oil slicks float past June 6, 2010 near Grand Isle, Louisiana.

Oil absorbent booms lie coiled together near Queen Bess Island as clean up operations of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continue in off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

A dead young egret covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead is turned over to wildlife rescue team near Bird Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana just off the Gulf of Mexico June 7, 2010.

A dead turtle floats on a pool of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010.

Unidentified BP contract workers remove oil related material on Santa Rosa Island, Florida on Wednesday June 9, 2010.

Hermit crabs struggle to cross a patch of oil from the the Deepwater Horizon spill on a barrier island near East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana on Sunday, June 6, 2010

An oiled White Ibis is seen at an unnamed island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

Streaks of oil sheens are seen north of the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast as viewed from a Coast Guard HC-144A plane Thursday, June 10, 2010.