Friday prayers and protests in the Middle East – in pictures

A Yemeni anti-regime protester reads from the Qu'ran during a demonstration calling for the ousting of President Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images

A man and his family hold placards during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A boy points a toy gun at an effigy of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during Friday prayers near the courthouse in Benghazi Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

A flag seller sits in Cairo's Tahrir Square Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A worker washes away blood after a battle between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi at Misrata's hospital Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Syrian Kurds hold a huge Syrian flag during a demonstration calling for political changes in Syria in the predominantly Kurdish northern city of Qamishli Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Anti-government protesters attend weekly Friday prayers during a rally to demand the overthrow of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

An Egyptian protester holds a sign that reads in Arabic "The people reject amnesty for the killers and corrupt" during a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Female anti-government supporters protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in front of the Yemeni embassy in Cairo, Egypt Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

Men throw stones at riot police during clashes in the Mediterranean coastal town of Banias as Syria's pro-reform activists called for more anti-government protests Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Residents of the northern Yemeni province of Saada holding up placards calling the trial of President Ali Abdullah Saleh Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of Egyptians pray during a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images