Pictures from the G8 Protests

A sampling of pictures from this weeks anti-G8 protests in Japan

Policemen keep vigil on anti-G8 activists during a demonstration in Sapporo on July 5. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived for a G8 summit where he is expected to tell US President George W. Bush he will move ahead on a stalled bilateral nuclear energy deal. (AFP/Jewel Samad)

Anti-G8 activists shout slogans during a demonstration in Sapporo, on July 5. Protesters and police engaged in a tense stand-off on Monday as Japanese authorities blocked demonstrators from nearing a summit of the world's most powerful leaders at a secluded mountain resort. (AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

Activists from Oxfam, wearing masks depicting G8 leaders, place an activist dressed as a corn cob into an oil barrel during an anti-G8 event in Sapporo during the Group of Eight (G8) Hokkaido Toyako summit, July 7, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)

Indonesian activists shout slogans during a protest against the G8 Summit outside the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta July 7, 2008. (Crack Palinggi/Reuters)

Police detain an anti-G8 activist (C) during a demonstration in Sapporo on July 6. Protesters and police engaged in a tense stand-off on Monday as Japanese authorities blocked demonstrators from nearing a summit of the world's most powerful leaders at a secluded mountain resort. (AFP/Jewel Samad)

Anti-G8 Filipino protesters burn a U.S. flag bearing slogans in front of the Japanese embassy in suburban Manila, Philippines on Monday, July 7, 2008. The group is protesting against the ongoing G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan as they blame the U.S. and other rich countries in the escalating fuel and food prices and worsening poverty around the world. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

An anti-G8 activist is detained by police officers during a march in Sapporo on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 5, 2008 ahead of next week's G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. (Issei Kato/Reuters)

Anti-G8 activists carry a cutout of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a march in Sapporo on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 5, 2008 ahead of next week's G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. Russia is a member of the Group of Eight (G8). (Issei Kato/Reuters)

Anti-G8 activists wear masks and hold up cutouts of G8 countries' leaders during a march in Sapporo on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 5, 2008 ahead of next week's G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. (Issei Kato/Reuters)

Anti-G8 activists face riot police officers during a march in Sapporo on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 5, 2008 ahead of next week's G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. (Issei Kato/Reuters)