24-hour strike in Greece

The usually busy main highway leading to Athens airport after all flights were cancelled by a 24-hour air traffic controllers' strike, part of a civil service walkout against wage freezes Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/AP Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/guardian.co.uk A lone protester carrying a loudspeaker marches during an anti-government rally in Athens Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/guardian.co.uk A man raises his fist during a rally organised by the Greek Communist party in Athens Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/guardian.co.uk A demonstrator throws streamers towards police forces blocking the way to the prime minister's office in central Athens Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/guardian.co.uk A stranded traveller sleeps on a bench at Athens airport after her flight was cancelled due to the 24-hour air traffic controllers' strike, part of the civil service walkout against wage freezes Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/AP Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/guardian.co.uk A stranded traveller sleeps on a chair at Athens airport after his connecting flight was cancelled due to the strike Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/AP Photograph: Dimitri Messinis/guardian.co.uk Passengers inside the empty departure hall of Athens international airport Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP Photograph: Aris Messinis/guardian.co.uk A lone passenger pushes a cart inside an empty hall at Athens airport Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/guardian.co.uk A man walks in front of docked ships during a 24-hour strike by public servants at the port of Piraeus near Athens Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters Photograph: John Kolesidis/guardian.co.uk Demonstrators march in front of the Greek parliament in Athens Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/guardian.co.uk Elderly people participate in a strike demonstration by public sector workers Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/guardian.co.uk Protesters march during a rally in Athens Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters Photograph: John Kolesidis/guardian.co.uk A woman walks by a graffiti depicting 'the monster of capitalism', in central Athens Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/guardian.co.uk