Manama, Bahrain — Anti-government protesters run from tear gas near Pearl Square, the location of earlier protests.

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Manama, Bahrain — Protesters run through a fog of tear gas enveloping them after they tried to march from Salmaniya Medical Complex to Pearl Square, but were thwarted by security forces. A second attempt to gain entrance to the roundabout was successful and thousands of people occupied the area once again.

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Manama, Bahrain — Anti-government protesters were met with tear gas as they attempted to march from Salmaniya Medical Complex to Pearl Square.

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Bahrain — Hussein Abdullah, 19, cries out at the funeral of his best friend Ali Ahmed Al Muameen, 23, who was killed by security forces in Bahrain as they cracked down on anti-government protesters that were occupying the Pearl roundabout.

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Manama, Bahrain — Protesters rejoice after entering Pearl Square, where government forces backed down and allowed thousands to re-occupy the area just before dark.

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Manama, Bahrain — Protesters raise their arms triumphantly in Pearl Square.

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Manama, Bahrain — Army tanks leave the Pearl roundabout on Saturday and by late afternoon anti-government protesters were able to re-occupy the area.

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Manama, Bahrain — A woman is overcome with emotion at in Pearl Square, which saw the return of thousands of anti-government protesters after they were forcibly removed a day earlier by Bahrain's security forces.

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Manama, Bahrain — Traffic near the Pearl roundabout came to a standstill as hundreds took to the streets cheering the thousands who came to re-occupy the area after being forcibly removed by government forces a day earlier.

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Manama, Bahrain — An image of Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, adorns a building that overlooks the Pearl roundabout where protesters have once again returned.

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Bahrain — Triumphant protesters wave flags in Pearl Square.

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Manama, Bahrain — Thousands of people returned to the Pearl Square roundabout after government forces left their positions where they had been guarding the square after violently forcing out protesters a day earlier.

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Manama, Bahrain — An anti-government protester moves concertina wire away from the entrance to the Pearl roundabout.

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Manama, Bahrain — An anti-government protester holds a "triple chaser grenade," which is made in the United States and was deployed in Bahrain in an effort to control the crowds.

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Manama, Bahrain — Protesters walk past a recently constructed message made of rocks that calls for the ouster of Bahrain's king, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa.

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Manama, Bahrain — Young Bahraini protesters hold a candlelight vigil after returning to the Pearl roundabout on Saturday evening.

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Manama, Bahrain — Within hours of re-occupying the Pearl roundabout, protesters had brought in couches and tents as well as a full kitchen and loudspeaker system as they prepared for a sit-in similar to Egypt's Tahrir Square which ended the reign of President Hosni Mubarak.

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Manama, Bahrain — Families moved into tents brought into the Pearl roundabout shortly after it was abandoned by government troops Saturday evening. Within a few hours, protesters had set up a full kitchen, a lost-and-found and a loudspeaker system.

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