In pictures: Tension in Kosovo

1 of 7 Kosovo remains tense after clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbs - here a girl walks under a slogan daubed on a ransacked Serb monastery saying "Death to Serbs".

2 of 7 The Kosovo town of Mitrovica - where much of the violence was centred - is under heavy guard by UN police and Nato-led peacekeepers...

3 of 7 ... who have blocked the town's bridges with armoured cars and razor wire.

4 of 7 UN police had to guard Serb families fleeing the violence...

5 of 7 ... this disabled elderly Serbian man had to be carried from his home...

6 of 7 ... while others who were stranded in the troubled town during the violence wait for peacekeepers to escort them back to their homes in central Kosovo.

7 of 7 Meanwhile, in Belgrade, thousands of Serbs marched in solidarity with their kin in Kosovo - these two men are displaying the three-fingered Serbian victory sign.