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The Group of 20 summit began amid violent protests as leaders arrived for meetings at a trade centre in downtown Hamburg. Protesters near the summit tried to block the official motorcades, while in other parts of the city demonstrators burned cars and smashed windows.

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Protesters throw stones at riot police using water cannons in Hamburg, Germany.Odd Andersen/AFP / Getty Images

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Protesters burn barricades in the Schanze district during an anti-G20 march in Hamburg, Germany.Alexander Koerner/Getty Images

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Police use water cannons as protesters gather to participate in an anti-G20 march in Hamburg, Germany.Alexander Koerner/Getty Images

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Riot police chase protesters in Hamburg, Germany, where leaders of the world's top economies gather for a G20 summit.Odd Andersen/AFP / Getty Images

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Cars are set on fire during anti-G20 protests in Hamburg, Germany.Reuters

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Demonstrators are hit by water cannons from police as they protest in Hamburg, Germany.David Young/AFP / Getty Images

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Policemen rest during protests on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.Sebastian Willnow/The Associated Press

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Special police chase demonstrators who blocked a road on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.Matthias Schrader/The Associated Press

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Water cannons are used by police as protesters gather to participate in an anti-G20 march in Hamburg, Germany.Leon Neal/Getty Images

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Police use water cannons as protesters gather to participate in an anti-G20 march in Hamburg, Germany.Alexander Koerner/Getty Images

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Water cannons spray demonstrators at Hamburg harbor during protests against the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

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A protester holds a banner next to the bonfire during a demonstration at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

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Demonstrators who blocked a street flee from police on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.Matthias Schrader/The Associated Press

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A man wheels his bicycle in front of riot police during a protest in Hamburg, Germany.Odd Andersen/AFP / Getty Images

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Protesters stay between fires on a street during a protest at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.Michael Probst/The Associated Press

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German special police forces walk through the Schanze district following clashes with anti G20-protesters in Hamburg, Germany.Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

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Protesters stay between fires on a street during a protest at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.Michael Probst/The Associated Press

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