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In pictures: Ukraine crisis
Mr Yushchenko's supporters wave orange balloons in Kiev, Ukraine
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For 11 days, supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko have been holding colourful protests against the presidential election result.
Supporters of Ukrainian pro-Russian presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych march with religious flags and icons in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Supporters of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who has been declared winner, are also making their voices heard.
Judges at Ukraine's Supreme Court hearing into the election result
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Ukraine's Supreme Court is now in its fourth day of hearings over the disputed result.
Opposition supporters in Kiev in a home-made political 'battle bus'
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Mr Yushchenko's supporters are running a highly co-ordinated operation with warm food, shelter and even medical supplies on hand.
A supporter of Viktor Yanukovych with a religious icon and a pre-election flag
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Mr Yanukovych's supporters are sustaining themselves spiritually as well.
Opposition supporters massed in front of police lines
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Thousands have set up camp in the centre of the capital Kiev and are peacefully massed outside Ukraine's parliament.
A pro-Yanukovych rally in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine
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In Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, public opinion favours Prime Minister Yanukovych. His supporters are holding mass rallies in the pro-Russian city.
An orange thrown by pro-government Ukrainians in Donetsk
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Mr Yushchenko's supporters have dubbed their campaign an "orange revolution". In Donetsk, Mr Yanukovych's supporters have responded.
Riot police guard the Ukrainian Presidential building in the capital, Kiev.
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Despite hundreds of riot police being on hand, the protests are calm, buoyed by music and singing.
Graffiti near Kiev's central square, Ukraine
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The future for the people of Ukraine remains unclear but it seems likely that fresh elections, of some sort, will be called.




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