Egypt protests: Police clash with demonstrators demanding the end of Mubarak's rule

Egypt protests: Police clash with demonstrators in Cairo demanding the end of Mubarak's rule.

An anti-government protester clashes with a policeman in Cairo
An anti-government protester clashes with a policeman in Cairo Credit: REUTERS
An Egyptian protester faces policemen during a protest downtown Cairo
An Egyptian protester faces policemen during a protest downtown Cairo Credit: EPA
A riot policeman holds his face after being injured during clashes with anti-government protesters in downtown Cairo
A riot policeman holds his face after being injured during clashes with anti-government protesters in downtown Cairo Credit: REUTERS
A wounded riot policeman is led away by colleagues
A wounded riot policeman is led away by colleagues Credit: AP
A riot policeman in a van fires rubber bullets as Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in downtown Cairo
A riot policeman in a van fires rubber bullets as Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in downtown Cairo Credit: AP
An anti-government protester defaces a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria
An anti-government protester defaces a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria Credit: REUTERS
A vandalised poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in Cairo
A vandalised poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in Cairo Credit: News Pictures/MCP / Rex Features
Tunisian and Egyptian flags are carried during a demonstration in Cairo
Tunisian and Egyptian flags are carried during a demonstration in Cairo Credit: News Pictures/MCP / Rex Features
A demonstrator shows a tear gas canister reading 'Made in U.S.A.'
A demonstrator shows a tear gas canister reading "Made in U.S.A." Credit: News Pictures/MCP / Rex Features
A man shows his wounds during an anti-government demonstration
A man shows his wounds during an anti-government demonstration Credit: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features
Riot police walk past a burning barricade during clashes in Cairo
Riot police walk past a burning barricade during clashes in Cairo Credit: REUTERS
Riot police clash with protesters in Cairo
Riot police clash with protesters in Cairo Credit: REUTERS
Egyptian anti-riot police confront Egyptian activists in downtown Cairo
Egyptian anti-riot police confront activists in downtown Cairo Credit: AP
Egyptian demonstrators demanding the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms face riot police in Cairo
Egyptian demonstrators demanding the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms face riot police in Cairo Credit: AFP/GETTY
A policeman adjusts his co-worker's riot helmet while Egyptians demonstrate in front of the Attorney General's office
A policeman adjusts his co-worker's riot helmet while Egyptians demonstrate in front of the Attorney General's office Credit: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features
Angry demonstrators smash a poster of Jamal Mubarak in Cairo
Angry demonstrators smash a poster of Jamal Mubarak in Cairo Credit: News Pictures/MCP / Rex Features
Egyptian plainclothes policemen arrest a cameraman during a protest outside the journalists' syndicate in Cairo
Egyptian plainclothes policemen arrest a cameraman during a protest in Cairo Credit: AP
Riot police keep watch as they hold shields during clashes with protesters in Cairo
Riot police keep watch as they hold shields during clashes with protesters in Cairo Credit: REUTERS
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing on top of an armoured police truck, clashed with riot police in the centre of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power Credit: REUTERS
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
Police responded with blasts from water cannons and set upon crowds with batons and acrid clouds of tear gas to clear demonstrators crying out "Down with Mubarak" and demanding an end to Egypt's grinding poverty, corruption, unemployment and police abuses Credit: SIPA/REX FEATURES
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
The demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully, with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy by the government to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus widely seen as little more than corrupt thugs in uniforms Credit: SIPA/REX FEATURES
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
As crowds carrying Egyptian and Tunisian flags filled downtown Cairo's main Tahrir square, however, security personnel changed tactics and the protest turned violent Credit: REUTERS
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian ruleRE
A protester clashes with riot police in downtown Cairo Credit: REUTERS
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
Demonstrators attacked a water cannon truck, opening the driver's door and ordering the man out of the vehicle. Some hurled rocks and dragged metal barricades Credit: SIPA/REX FEATURES
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
Protesters emerged stumbling from white clouds of tear gas, coughing and covering their faces with scarves Credit: SIPA/REX FEATURES
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
Some had blood streaming down their faces. One man fainted. Police dragged some away and beat a journalist Credit: SIPA/REX FEATURES
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
Like the Tunisian protests, the calls for the rallies in Egypt went out on Facebook and Twitter, with 90,000 saying they would attend Credit: REUTERS
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
Organisers used Twitter to give minute-by-minute instructions on where demonstrators should go in an attempt to outmanoeuvre the police Credit: REUTERS
Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule
By late afternoon, access to Twitter appeared to have been blocked. Above: Protesters roll an overturned police box into the middle of a bridge over the Nile river to make a barricade during clashes in downtown Cairo Credit: AP