An anti-government opposition activist places European Union and Ukrainian flags side by side at a barricade in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on February 2, 2014. Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Ukraine on today in a bid to wring new concessions from President Viktor Yanukovych, buoyed by pledges of support from Europe and the United States. More than 50,000 people could be seen on Kiev’s barricaded Independence Square — that has become the epicentre of a two-month protest movement — and thousands more were arriving. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY
