--- description: After a chaotic night the community around Ferguson, Mo. surveys the physical damage title: Photos: Ferguson Picks Up the Pieces After a Long Night of Destruction image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt272c3b127c613dec/69876aee3c1639b7a745037c/ferguson-protests-michael-brown-darren-wilson-aftermath-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ferguson Picks Up the Pieces After a Long Night of Destruction by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 8:17 PM CUT  Volunteers and workers clear soot from the site where a police vehicle was set ablaze in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Volunteers and workers clear soot from the site where a police vehicle was set ablaze in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014.Adrees Latif—Reuters by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 8:17 PM CUT **_Should Ferguson Protestors be Person of the Year? Vote below for #TIMEPOY_**  Volunteers, drenched from a smoke alarm, assist in clearing broken glass outside a burned and looted shop in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Adrees Latif—Reuters  Volunteers and workers clear soot from the site where a police vehicle was set ablaze in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Adrees Latif—Reuters  St. Louis County police officers search a business in a building that was burned during a demonstration in Dellwood, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  A sign sits atop the rubble of a building that was damaged during a demonstration in Dellwood, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  People clean up a business that was damaged in riots the previous night in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Jim Young—Reuters  A worker cleans up glass at a business that was damaged during a demonstration in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  A man walks past a row of charred vehicles on the lot of a used car dealership in Dellwood, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Jeff Roberson—AP  A St. Louis County police officer uses official tape to secure a building that was burned during a demonstration in Dellwood, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  A policeman stands near one of the burnt businesses on West Florissant Avenue, which is closed for police investigation, in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Alexey Furman—EPA  A reporter looks through the window of a laundromat that was damaged during a demonstration in Dellwood, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  Two girls walk past the skeleton of a store in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images  State troopers block West Florissant Ave in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 25, 2014. Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images  Jodi Wurm helps to clean up after violent protests damaged businesses in Ferguson, Mo., Nov. 25, 2014. Aaron P. 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