Protests continue in Cairo - in pictures

Egyptian anti-government protesters gather in front of a tank after rumours spread that the army was abandoning positions in Tahrir Square Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP

An injured anti-government protester sleeps in Tahrir Square Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

An anti-government protester sitting on a burned-out truck holds a poster reading "Ready to be a martyr" Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

An effigy of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak hangs at a traffic intersection in Tahrir Square Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

An anti-government protester prays as he leans on a tank in Tahrir Square Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

A protester leads fellow anti-government demonstrators in chants against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Anti-government protesters sweep up in Tahrir Square Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Egyptian soldiers remove stones from a truck used by demonstrators as a barricade Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP

Flames rise from a gas explosion in the northern Sinai peninsula, following a suspected attack on a terminal by unknown saboteurs. Authorities were forced to temporarily switch off a pipeline supplying Israel Photograph: AFP

Egyptian soldiers and tanks are positioned to prevent clashes between Mubarak supporters and anti-government protesters sheltering behind makeshift barricades in Tahrir Square Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans during the demonstration in Tahrir Square Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Egyptian anti-government demonstrators face army tanks in Tahrir Square Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian anti-government demonstrators face soldiers in Tahrir Square Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

General Hassan el-Roweni, commander of the central region in the Egyptian army, is greeted by anti-Mubarak demonstrators after breaking through barricades Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian anti-Mubarak women protesters search a woman at a checkpoint outside Tahrir Square Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP