Egyptian protesters defy Cairo crackdown – in pictures

A protester stands in front of a burning barricade Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Protesters on top of police trucks in Cairo Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Protesters face anti-riot police in Cairo Photograph: Victoria Hazou/AP

An Egyptian police officer fires tear gas at demonstrators in Cairo Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Plainclothes police beat protesters in Cairo Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A protester throws stones towards riot police in Cairo Photograph: Victoria Hazou/AP

Anti-government protesters in Cairo shield their faces from police teargas Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Police fire teargas at protesters in front of al-Istiqama mosque Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A lone demonstrator amidst the teargas, fires and chaos of the Cairo protests Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

An Egyptian woman flees as riot police clash with protesters Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Riot police force protesters back across the Kasr al-Nile bridge Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Police carry an injured colleague across the Kasr al-Nile bridge Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A protester holds an Egyptian flag as he stands in front of water canons Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

Mohamed ElBaradei with his supporters Photograph: Khaled El Fiqi/EPA

Protesters run through teargas fired by police Photograph: Ahmed Ali/AP

Riot police use water cannons on protesters trying to cross the Kasr al-Nile bridge Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Protesters face up to riot police on the Kasr al-Nile bridge Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

People pray in the street in front of al-Istiqama mosque Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Egyptian demonstrators in central Cairo Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

An Egyptian anti-riot police officer wears a gas mask Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

Egyptian demonstrators confront riot police Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian anti-government activists affected by the tear gas Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

A protester runs next to a police vehicle after throwing a bag of trash at it Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Egyptian anti-government activists demonstrate after the police, seen in their vehicles, moved back following clashes in Cairo Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

An Egyptian man is carried after he was injured during clashes with riot police Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

A police vehicle is engulfed in flames after it was set on fire Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Egyptian anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

A man is tended to after he was injured Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Egyptians riot police officers watch people praying outside the Mustafa Mahmud Mosque in Cairo Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian demonstrators flash V-signs next to a burning riot police vehicle in Cairo Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Security personnel open fire on protestors Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features

An injured protester is carried away by others during clashes in Cairo Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

A fire burns at the headquarters of the ruling National Democratic Party in Cairo, Egypt Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images