" .. met with a barrage of ice chunks"

"They sing revolutionary songs. Chants of “Down with the Government!”, “Long live the Republic”, “Down with War!” can be heard.  A police patrol lunges towards the crowd, it is met with a barrage of ice chunks."
Alexander Spiridovich, head of Tsar Nicholas' personal guard. Petrograd. 09.03.2017.  

In Johannesburg, a summer sky, in warmer and calmer times.