Arab and Middle East protests - in pictures

Bahraini riot police chase protesters in central Manama Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

Bahraini protesters remove barbed wire near the Pearl monument in the city centre Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

Protesters pray after re-occupying an area in the centre of Manama Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

Anti-government demonstrators celebrate as they re-occupy the area of ground around the Pearl monument Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Protesters display a collection of US-made non-lethal weaponry used by the Bahraini government against them Photograph: Caren Firouz/Reuters

Protesters wave flags and celebrate after reaching the area some protesters have nicknamed "Lulu Square" in Manama Photograph: Mazen Mahdi/EPA

A Bahraini army armoured vehicle drives past a Formula One advertising poster as it leaves its position near "Lulu Square" Photograph: Mazen Mahdi/EPA

An anti-government protester gestures in front of police in Manama, Bahrain Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Bahraini protesters rush to celebrate as the riot police pull out Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

An anti-government protester wrapped in a Bahraini flag watches from a bridge as the crowd gather around the Pearl monument Photograph: Caren Firouz/Reuters

Supporters of the Yemeni government, background, and anti-government demonstrators, foreground, hurl stones at each other during clashes in Sana'a, Yemen Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Yemeni protesters raise their shoes as they shout slogans against President Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Yemeni protesters help an injured man Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA

Tyres burn as Yemenis take to the streets Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images

A Moroccan man carries an Egyptian flag in one hand, and an image of Che Guevara in the other, during a protest in Rabat, Morocco Photograph: Abdelhak Senna/AFP/Getty Images

Iraqi Kurds protest to demand the removal of the local government Photograph: Reuters

A man gestures towards Algerian riot police Photograph: Farouk Batiche/AFP/Getty Images

Algerian protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA

Tunisians protest outside the gates to the French embassy in Tunis for remarks made by French ambassador Boris Boillon Photograph: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images