‘I was lying on the ground beside a wall of cops’: student photographers’ best images of the campus protests

Nine photojournalists from across the US tell the stories behind their most powerful shots, as pro-Palestinian protesters face police crackdowns

As protests in support of Palestine sweep university campuses across the US, student journalists from New York to Texas have documented the reality inside the encampments. They have risen to the occasion, capturing the quiet moments, the celebratory elements, the tense scenes and the violent police arrests.

We asked nine photographers - who have been covering the demonstrations at Columbia, Berkeley, the University of Texas and beyond - to tell the stories behind their most powerful photos.