Ulster Bonfires

A masked member of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) prepares to fire a volley of shots in memory of a dead comrade at a bonfire lit at midnight in the Shankill Road area of Belfast, in Northern Ireland, to commemorate the defeat of the catholic King James. * by the protestant King William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Elsewhere, in Portadown, the RUC used water cannon and baton guns to disperse the crowds after rioters attacked police with petrol bombs and missiles. Later thousands of Orangemen across the province will hold their traditional marches, against a background of continuing deadlock in the political process. (Photo by Paul Faith - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)