Pictures: Mar. 18 rally vs. oil price hikes

Youth activists first barricaded the entrance of the Shell office and spray-painted the facade with slogans (AP/Bulilit Marquez)

(AP/Bulilit Marquez)

After declaring that they will peacefully leave Shell, the security guards manhandle the youths, many of whom are women. (AP/Bulilit Marquez)

They then opened fire with a water cannon, spraying the protesters with a foul-smelling water (Pinoy Weekly/Alvin Joseph Tenedero)

(AP/Bulilit Marquez)

(AP/Bulilit Marquez)

The protesters retaliate by hurling paint bombs at the building, reminiscent of the 2008 protests vs. oil price hikes (AP/Bulilit Marquez)

(Pinoy Weekly/Alvin Joseph Tenedero)

They then proceeded to the Petron office a few blocks away (Pinoy Weekly/Alvin Joseph Tenedero)

They ended the protest by blockading a nearby Petron station, in which even several bystanders joined the protest (Pinoy Weekly/Alvin Joseph Tenedero)