In pictures: Jakarta protests

Thousands of supporters of beleaguered Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid broke into the grounds of parliament after MPs backed a proposal to inaugurate impeachment proceedings against him.

The demonstrators broke through a cordon of heavily-armed police and smashed a gate, but were held away from the main building by more police and troops.

Thousands of President Wahid's supporters stream towards the parliament building

Security forces in full riot gear take to the streets

The president's supporters carry their message aloft: "We are loyal until death!"

Demonstrators taunt the police with calls of "shoot me"

Police try to hold back the surging crowd

Home-made weapons are brandished along the police line

Wahid supporters try to dismantle the parliament barricades

. . . and finally break through