24 hours: Protesters, police clash in Cairo

Protesters flee from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes after protesters removed a concrete barrier at Qasr Al-Aini Street near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan 24, 2013. Egypt is due to mark the second anniversary of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday, but the deeply divided nation facing an economic crisis is bracing for more protests, this time against a freely elected leader. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter uses a shotgun to fire a homemade grenade at Syrian Army soldiers during a fight in the Arabeen neighbourhood of Damascus on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

United States Senator John Kerry (centre) signs an autograph for Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Bertie Bowman (left) after Mr Kerry testified during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Ms Florence Cassez waves as she leaves after a news conference at her arrival at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, near Paris, on Jan 24, 2013. Mexico's top court on Wednesday freed Ms Cassez, who was convicted of kidnapping, ruling that her trial was tainted and ending a seven-year imprisonment that strained ties with France. Ms Cassez was sentenced to 60 years in prison after she was arrested in 2005 at a ranch near Mexico City with her former boyfriend, who led a kidnapping gang called the Zodiacs. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Children play in mud at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Malian soldier dries military uniforms in the recently liberated town of Diabaly on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

United States golfer Tiger Woods looks over his putt on the fourth green of the south course at Torrey Pines during first round play at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, California, on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Anti-riot policemen, splattered with paint from protesters, use batons as they disperse a demonstration calling for a pullout of United States (US) troops stationed in the Philippines and against the grounded USS Guardian minesweeper, in front of the US Embassy in Manila on Jan 25, 2013. Philippines President Benigno Aquino has given instructions not to allow the US navy to salvage its grounded USS Guardian minesweeper without Philippine involvement, in order to minimise damage to coral reefs, a senior official said on Monday. The ship, which is stuck on a reef at the Tubbataha natural marine park, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation World Heritage site, had just completed a port call at Subic Bay in the western Philippines when the grounding occurred last Thursday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A flock of starlings fly over an agricultural field near the southern Israeli city of Netivot on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

The suit worn by Britain's then-four year old Prince Charles on the day of his mother Queen Elizabeth's coronation is displayed in the throne room at Buckingham Palace during a media preview on Jan 24, 2013, of this summer's exhibition in central London. This summer's Buckingham Palace exhibition will commemorate the 60th anniverary of Queen Elizabeth's coronation with a collection of dresses, uniforms and robes worn on the day. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A group of expatriates walk along the Bund as they distribute face masks to pedestrians to raise awareness of air pollution in downtown Shanghai Jan 24, 2013. According to the United States consulate, air quality readings, which measure PM2.5 particulates Shanghai's air quality, were "very unhealthy" on Thursday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

India's Border Security Force soldiers ride their camels in front of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan during a rehearsal for the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony in New Delhi on Jan 24, 2013. The ceremony symbolises retreat after a day on the battlefield, and marks the official end of the Indian Republic Day celebrations. It is held every year on Jan 29. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Female supporters of Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmad Al-Assir engage in a snowball fight in the Faraya ski area in Mount Lebanon on Jan 24, 2013. The Lebanese Army dispersed protesters and reopened a road leading to Faraya which protesters blocked in an attempt to prevent Al-Assir and his supporters from reaching the ski area, according to local media. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Coffins of Japanese who were killed in the hostage crisis in Algeria are transported from a government aircraft, which retrieved Japanese survivors and bodies from Algeria, on its arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan 25, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts after missing a point during her women's singles semi-final match against Li Na of China at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Andrew Josequera, 11, prepares to shoot at a target at the Los Angeles gun club in Los Angeles on Jan 23, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy and a group of women stand near a vehicle, believed to belong to Islamist rebels and destroyed during French air strikes, in the recently liberated town of Diabaly on Jan 24, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters cover themselves from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during clashes at Aida refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Jan 24, 2013. Minor clashes erupted as Palestinians protested against the killing of Hanash, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, near Hebron on Wednesday and the fatal wounding of another local youth, Al-Amareen, 16, who died of his wounds in an Israeli hospital after being shot in the head during clashes with Israeli soldiers on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS