BET Awards 2012 Los Angeles – in pictures

Beyonce and Jay-Z were among the big winners at last night's BET Awards – set up in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports and other fields of entertainment. The celebrity pair (left) sat next to rapper Kanye West and his reality star girlfriend Kim Kardashian (right) in the front row at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.