In pictures: Anger at Burkina Faso coup

Photos from Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, where protests have broken out after an elite military unit seized power in a coup.

Barricades have burnt in the capital, Ouagadougou, as people vow to resist the coup by the presidential guard (RSP)

The opposition has called for people to resist until civilian rule is restored

Graffiti reading "down with RSP, get out" was painted on a road sign

Protesters were wounded in clashes with security forces

The injured were taken to the city's badly resourced hospitals

The recording studio of prominent rapper and pro-democracy activist Serge Bambaram, who is known by the stage-name Smockey, was also damaged

Troops positioned themselves outside the presidential palace amid fears that protesters could advance towards it

Gen Gilbert Diendere posed for photographs inside the palace after being declared the new ruler

The coup was announced on national television by Lt-Colonel Mamadou Bamba, a spokesman for the presidential guard