ONTD_P's Photo of the Day: August 9, 2011.
Photo highlights from post-riot community clean-up efforts (a.k.a. #riotcleanup) in London, England.
London residents wait to be allowed through a police cordon to help council workers with the clean up, after the rioting that took place the previous night outside Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, London, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (AP/Matt Dunham)
London residents wait to be allowed through a police cordon to help council workers with the clear up after the rioting that took place the previous night outside Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, London, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Britons swept up, patched up and feared further violence Tuesday, demanding police do more to protect them after three nights of rioting left trails of looted stores, wrecked cars and burned buildings across London and several other cities. (AP/Matt Dunham)
London mayor Boris Johnson, front center, walks away after addressing local residents waiting to be allowed through a police cordon to help council workers with the clear up at after the rioting that took place the previous night outside Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, London, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (AP/Matt Dunham)
Local priests and Imam join the community in prayer of reconciliation. -- Members of the Hackney community took part in a Twitter organised clean-up, after the London looters left a trail of vandalism. Local priests and Iman joined the community in prayer of reconciliation. London, United Kingdom. August 9th 2011
Clapham residents clean up in St John's road after a night of rioting and looting in London August 9, 2011. Thousands of policemen prepared to deploy on London's streets on Tuesday night to head off rioters and looters who have rampaged through parts of the British capital virtually unchecked for the past three nights. (REUTERS/Olivia Harris)
Local community get together to clear damage caused by rioters. -- Members of the Hackney community took part in a Twitter organised clean-up, after the London looters left a trail of vandalism. Local priests and Iman joined the community in prayer of reconciliation. London, United Kingdom. August 9th 2011
Volunteers clean up the streets in Hackney on August 9, 2011. (Akira Suemori/AP)
Local residents launch a clean-up operation around Mare St. Residents met at Hackney Town Hall to express their disgust at the damage caused on the third day of rioting, praise the local council and to travel to Clarence Rd. to assist with the clean-up. (ZUMAdaily.com/Nick Cunard)
Shop keepers sweep up broken glass inside their store in the Clapham area of London, Tuesday, August 9, 2011, in the aftermath of recent riots in the capital. (AP/Elizabeth Dalziel)
An employee of a looted shop cleans up debris in the aftermath of riots in the Clapham area of London Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (AP/Elizabeth Dalziel)
A young girl wearing a hoodie that reads " I heart London" looks behind a police line at the aftermath left by riots at the area of Clapham in London Tuesday, August 9, 2011. (AP/Elizabeth Dalziel)
A neighbor cries as she looks at the aftermath left by the riots in the area of Clapham in London Tuesday, August 9, 2011. (AP/Elizabeth Dalziel)
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Source:
- "British police face public anger as riots rage" | The Frame | The Sacramento Bee
- #riotcleanup / @Riotcleanup on Twitter
- DayLife.com