Photo Gallery Clashes in Cairo
Violent clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak broke out in central Cairo around noon on Wednesday.
The violence continued on Wednesday evening, with Molotov cocktails being thrown, such as this one near Tahrir Square.
Demonstrators on Tahrir Square, the center of the protests, attacked each other with their bare hands, as well as with stones and bars.
There were reports that dozens of people had been injured during the riots. In this photo, the pro-government demonstrators are in the foreground and the anti-government protesters are in the background.
Mubarak's supporters are reported to be armed and highly aggressive.
Anti-government protesters broke up paving stones to get projectiles to throw.
Demonstrators help an injured man.
Anti-government protesters carry away a man who was injured during clashes with Mubarak supporters.
Soldiers stationed around the square did not intervene in the clashes. Eyewitnesses told SPIEGEL ONLINE that the army was supporting the protesters by checking aggressive Mubarak supporters as they arrived.
A large pro-government demonstration arrives at Tahrir Square on Wednesday.
Mubarak supporters rode into the crowd on horses and camels and attacked protesters with whips and sticks.
Members of the opposition claimed that pro-Mubarak protesters had been paid to come to the square.
Many injured people could be seen on Tahrir Square on Wednesday afternoon.
The army had earlier urged demonstrators to go home, telling them that their message had been heard.
Earlier on Wednesday, thousands of people had marched in Cairo in support of Mubarak. The poster in this picture features images of Mubarak during a pilgrimage to Mecca.
As in previous days, many of the protesters had spent the night on Tahrir Square.
Anti-government demonstrators read newspapers in downtown Cairo on Wednesday, before the violence broke out.
Thousands of Mubarak supporters descended on Tahrir Square on Wednesday, carrying Egyptian flags and portraits of the president.
Wednesday's protests marked the ninth day of demonstrations in Egypt.
The army had set up barricades at the entrances to Tahrir Square so they could check the demonstrators as they arrived. This photo was taken early on Wednesday morning.
A supporter of Mubarak shouts slogans at a demonstration in Cairo's Mohandiseen neighborhood.
The army deployed tanks in central Cairo, such as this one at a checkpoint near Tahrir Square.
A police helicopter flies over Egyptian army tanks guarding the national TV station headquarters in Cairo.
Mubarak supporters pray during a rally in central Cairo on Wednesday.
