Egyptian police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Cairo on Saturday, as the country marked the anniversary of a 2011 uprising that overthrew veteran president Hosni Mubarak.
An Egyptian supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood escapes from tear gas during clashes with Egyptian police in the northern port city of Alexandria on January 23, 2014
Police dispersed the protesters soon after they gathered outside a Cairo mosque, an AFP correspondent reported.
They included both Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and activists who accuse the military of hijacking the government.