| 1 | Photo: Ferguson saw a fresh wave of demonstrations to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. |
| 2 | St Louis County has ended the state of emergency it had put in effect earlier this week for Ferguson in Missouri, and surrounding areas due to violent street protests. |
| 3 | Ferguson saw a fresh wave of demonstrations beginning last weekend, marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man shot by a white police officer last August. |
| 4 | Most of the protests in Ferguson were peaceful, but on Sunday night gunfire broke out and police shot and injured a black man, 18-year-old Tyrone Harris, who they say shot at them. |
| 5 | Mr Harris, who remains hospitalised, has been charged with assault on law enforcement, armed criminal action and shooting a firearm at a vehicle. |
| 6 | In the days since then, other protests have continued in and around Ferguson. |
| 7 | Dozens of people were arrested on Monday when they blockaded a St Louis court house in an act of civil disobedience, and when they briefly blocked a local freeway. |
| 8 | There have been no more arrests since Wednesday. |
| 9 | "After reviewing the events of the past four evenings, under the state of emergency, I am pleased to report our law enforcement officers have established order while preventing further acts of violence in Ferguson," St Louis County executive Steve Stenger said in a statement. |
| 10 | The state of emergency had given Mr Stenger control over policing in the area, taking over from local police. |