Egypt: Cairo protest violence continues – in pictures

Cairo's Tahrir Square at night as Egyptian riot police try to disperse protesters Photograph: Mohammed Hossam/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters chant slogans and carry empty tear gas canisters during clashes with riot police Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

A view of Tahrir Square shows makeshift tents burning after the Egyptian security forces came into the square and clashed with protesters Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Makeshift tents burning after the Egyptian army launched an assault to evict protesters from Tahrir Square Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Egyptian youths face security forces during clashes Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

A protester takes away a tear gas canister during clashes with Egyptian security forces Photograph: Mohamed Omar/EPA

Wounded protesters are seen in a field hospital Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

A protester gestures at fellow demonstrators to stop throwing stones at riot police near Tahrir Square Photograph: Reuters

Egyptian protesters are pushed away by security forces during clashes in Cairo Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Egyptian riot police throw stones during clashes with protesters near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Protesters run from teargas near the interior ministry Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

An injured protester is taken away during clashes with security forces Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

A wounded Egyptian protester is examined by a doctor at a makeshift hospital Photograph: Amel Pain/EPA

Men mourn next to the body of a protester at a field hospital near Tahrir Square, after he was killed during clashes with riot police Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Egyptian riot police on the move during clashes with protesters around Cairo's Tahrir Square Photograph: Ahmed Ali/AP

A woman reacts to teargas sprayed during the clashes between protesters and riot police Photograph: Ahmed Ali/AP

Protesters carry a wounded man away from the clashes Photograph: Ahmed Ali/AP