Hosni Mubarak appears in court - in pictures

Relatives of those killed during the Tahrir Square demonstrations rally outside Cairo's police academy Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Officers on patrol outside the police academy in Cairo Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

The crowd watches on a giant TV screen outside the police military academy complex in Cairo as Hosni Mubarak enters the courtroom on a stretcher Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

The former dictator appears to be picking his nose while in court Photograph: DSK/AFP/Getty Images

A protester shouts slogans against Hosni Mubarak outside the police academy Photograph: Mohamed abd el Ghany/Reuters

An anti-Mubarak protester holds up a noose Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

An anti-Mubarak protester gestures during stone-throwing clashes with pro-Mubarak supporters Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

Former Egyptian interior minister Habib el-Adly in the dock Photograph: AP

Clashes between pro- and anti-Mubarak demonstrators outside the police academy Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Hosni Mubarak's sons Alaa and Gamal in the dock Photograph: AP

Egyptians loyal to the former president clash with anti-Mubarak protesters Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images