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A march on Friday drew about 5000 protesters.

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The Black Bloc, an Anarchist contingent that doesn't rule out violent self-defense or property destruction, and gets a lot of media attention.

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It's never easy to illustrate the sheer number of people who come out on any given day or march.

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A crowd of protesters bring down the fence.

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The toppled fence is replaced with a wall of riot police, who are the targets of smoke bombs, and later on, bricks and rocks.

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A rather tenacious journalist tries to interview the police while the perimeter is flooded with activists.

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A Quebecois shouts at the police.

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Before.

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After. Police fired an average of one canister of tear gas per minute for 72 hours. The violent protesters were unaffected for the most part, as they wore gas masks. Anyone who didn't have a mask had a hard time walking anywhere downtown without coming in contact with chlorine-based CS gas, which is banned for military use by the 1995 Convention on Chemical Weapons.

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The statue of liberty on stilts shown here was later knocked down by a water cannon.

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Police guard the perimeter where the fence previously stood.

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Crowds look on from afar, and tear gas victims recover while police fire tear gas into a crowd. Despite repeated gassing, a lively crowd of protesters danced and beat drums, cheering periodically when activists with gas masks and gloves threw tear gas canisters back towards the police.

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Masked, helmeted riot police guard one of the calmer areas.

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Police guard the entrance to the sealed-off Summit area.

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Protesters in a designated "green zone" do a spiral dance to a drum beat.

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A large audience gathered to hear the final speakers at the People's Summit, including Maude Barlow, Jose Bove, and David Suzuki.

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A CNN reporter prepares for a broadcast while activists prepare for a march.

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A policeman stands guard on a old wall, behind the new wall.

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Protesters eat an early dinner on the battlements of vieux Quebec.

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Another street is strategically blocked off by police.

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A man watches the media inside the fence, who are taping footage of the protesters outside.

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The sound of helicopters was never far away.

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Food Not Bombs served up free vegan food for all comers.

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An "Art Zone" was set up under an overpass, where paint and cardboard were available for sign painting, bands played on a stage and Food Not Bombs served free food. On Saturday night, a few thousand people gathered in a spontaneous party, where buskers twirled fire and hundreds pounded out an anarchic beat on signs, railings, and any other available noisemakers, which could be heard six blocks away.

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Protesters and curious visitors mill around a well-decorated fence.

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A longer stretch of the fence, along les Plaines d'Abraham, an famous battleground.