1Demonstrators prepare to take part in an anti-cuts march in Manchester, England. Teachers and public service workers are out on picket lines across Britain after hundreds of thousands walked off the job to protest pension cuts. (AP)

1A protester wears a mask during clashes with security forces in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian security forces clashed for a second day in Cairo with hundreds of youths demanding that the country's military rulers speed up prosecution of police officers accused of brutality during mass protests that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down. (AP)

1A fire bomb explodes as riot police officers run to avoid the fire during a demonstration in Athens. Greece's government is bracing for a 48-hour general strike as lawmakers debate a new round of austerity reforms. (AP)

1Syrian refugee children react to cameras as they wait outside medical tents in their camp in the Turkish town of Yayladagi in Hatay province, Turkey. (AP)

1Anti-government protesters attend Friday prayers during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a. (Reuters)

1A protester challenges Greek riot police officers at Syntagma square in front of the parliament building in central Athens, during minor scuffles following a peaceful ongoing rally against plans for new austerity measures. (AP)

1Female anti-government protesters display their hands painted with the colors of their national flag during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz. (AP Image)

1Syrian citizens sit at a street coffee house to watch President Bashar Assad deliver a speech on television, in Damascus. (AP Photo)