Photo Gallery Protests in Bahrain
Family members pray over the body of a protester killed by riot police in Manama, Bahrain on Friday. Civilians in both Bahrain and Libya mourned Friday the victims of government crackdowns on protesters.
Relatives of Ali Massour Khodier, 22, who died during clashes between Bahraini anti-government protesters and riot police, mourn at his funeral in the village of Sitra, Bahrain on Friday.
People hold protest signs outside the Salmaniya hospital in Manama, where casualties were taken after riot police stromed the demonstrators' camp in Pearl Square on Thursday, killing four people and injuring dozens more.
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (2010 photo): The small Gulf state is of considerable strategic importance to the US.
Protesters in Pearl Square, Bahrain on Thursday. State security forces stormed the square without warning early on Thursday, firing tear gas and grenades at sleeping protesters and killing at least two people.
The demonstrators' camp in Pearl Square on Thursday: Tens of thousands had gathered in the square since a "Day of Rage" was called on Monday to demand democracy and social justice.
Cranes moved in to clear out the protesters' tents on Pearl Square on Thursday.
A Bahraini anti-government demonstrator shows tear gas canisters fired by riot police attacking the protest camp at Pearl Square.
Opponents of the Bahraini government shout out slogans on Thursday in the wake of the police attack on demonstrators in Pearl Square.
Anti-government protesters pray at the monument in Pearl Square on Wednesday. The Shiite community in Bahrain complains it is marginalized in a state that has been ruled by a Sunni royal family for more than 200 years.
