Photos: Protests, street battles drag on in Bahrain
August 15, 2013
A Bahraini anti-government protester, masked against the tear gas, carries a national flag and stones during clashes with riot police in the village of Shakhura, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police in neighborhoods around the capital Wednesday and stores shut their doors amid opposition calls for a general strike, but a tight security clampdown appears to have stopped large-scale demonstrations in the city. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( APTOPIX Mideast Bahrain )
Bahraini anti-government protesters prepare for clashes with riot police after a funeral procession of Ali Jaffar Habib, 10, in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. The boy's family and opposition activists blamed cancer, the cause of the boy's death, was due to repeated heavy tear gas exposure. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( APTOPIX Mideast Bahrain )
A Bahraini anti-government protester gestures during a march in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Opposition groups launched a fresh push against the Gulf monarchy on Wednesday, an effort to revitalize their 2 1/2-year-old pro-democracy uprising. Arabic writing on the wall is a partially obscured call to free prisoners. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
A Bahraini anti-government protester reacts to tear gas fired by riot police, unseen, in the village of Shakhura, Bahrain, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police in neighborhoods around the capital Wednesday and stores shut their doors amid opposition calls for a general strike, but a tight security clampdown appears to have stopped large-scale demonstrations in the city. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( APTOPIX Mideast Bahrain )
A police officer looks for anti-government protesters from a scarred watchtower at a municipal building that has been into a police station in the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The tower and boundary walls are blackened from numerous petrol bomb attacks in the past. Opposition groups launched a fresh push against the Gulf monarchy on Wednesday, an effort to revitalize their 2 1/2-year-old pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
Riot police catch a Bahraini anti-government protester in the village of Shakhura, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The unidentified protester ultimately slipped free of the police and escaped when other protesters came to his aid. Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police in neighborhoods around the capital Wednesday and stores shut their doors amid opposition calls for a general strike, but a tight security clampdown appears to have stopped large-scale demonstrations in the city. Anti-government graffiti on the walls includes, "no dialogue with murderers." (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( APTOPIX Mideast Bahrain )
A Bahraini anti-government protester stands amid tear gas fired by riot police, unseen, in the village of Shakhura, Bahrain, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police in neighborhoods around the capital Wednesday and stores shut their doors amid opposition calls for a general strike, but a tight security clampdown appears to have stopped large-scale demonstrations in the city. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
Bahraini women carry placards during the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998171 )
A Bahraini women walks past the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998207 )
A Bahraini man flashes the v-sign during the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998302 )
Bahraini anti-government protesters pray for the safety of those involved in civil disobedience during a march in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Opposition groups launched a fresh push against the Gulf monarchy on Wednesday, an effort to revitalize their two-and-a half-year-old pro-democracy uprising. Arabic writing on the wall reads, "Rebellion." (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( APTOPIX Mideast Bahrain )
A Bahraini woman walks on a closed road with burning debris and closed stores and businesses in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Opposition groups launched a fresh push against the Gulf monarchy on Wednesday, an effort to revitalize their two-and-a half-year-old pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
Masked Bahraini anti-government protesters walk away from a barricade as blocking a street in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Inspired by the movement behind Egypt's military coup, pro-democracy activists in Bahrain are hoping to gain new momentum by calling for nationwide protests Wednesday. Authorities warned they will "forcefully confront" any large demonstrations, raising fears of more violence in the strategic Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
Bahraini riot police stand guard during a demonstration against the ruling regime in the village of Shakhora, west of Manama, on August 14, 2013. Bahraini police headed off a protest against Gulf kingdom's Sunni rulers that the Shiite-led opposition activists called for near the US embassy in defiance of a ban. The police deployment prevented protesters from reaching the spot designated by the Bahrain Rebellion Movement, Tamarod, for the main rally outside the US embassy in the capital Manama. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 522088310 )
Bahraini police force officers stand ready watching the road that runs through the market in the village of Jidd Hafs, west of Manama, on August 14, 2013. Bahraini police headed off a protest against the Gulf kingdom's Sunni rulers that the Shiite-led opposition activists called for near the US embassy in defiance of a ban. The police deployment prevented protesters from reaching the spot designated by the Bahrain Rebellion Movement, Tamarod, for the main rally outside the US embassy in the capital Manama. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 522088048 )
Masked Bahraini anti-government protesters carrying petrol bombs and national flags chant slogans as they prepare for clashes with riot police after a funeral procession of Ali Jaffar Habib, 10, in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. The boy's family and opposition activists blamed cancer, the cause of the boy's death, was due to repeated heavy tear gas exposure. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
Bahraini anti-government protesters watch for riot police as tires burn near a shopping mall in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Bahraini authorities are stepping up security ahead of plans announced by the anti-government opposition to launch a major rebellion Wednesday against the Gulf monarchy. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
An injured Bahraini anti-government protester is carried by others after he was hit by a tear gas canister fired by riot police, unseen, in the village of Shakhura, Bahrain, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police in neighborhoods around the capital Wednesday and stores shut their doors amid opposition calls for a general strike, but a tight security clampdown appears to have stopped large-scale demonstrations in the city. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
A police employee walks behind razor wire being installed across a street between a village and main road on the outskirts of Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Bahraini authorities are stepping up security ahead of plans announced by the anti-government opposition to launch a major rebellion Wednesday against the Gulf monarchy. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
A Bahraini man walks past a closed shop sprayed with graffiti against the ruling Al Khalifa family in the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Opposition groups launched a fresh push against the Gulf monarchy on Wednesday, an effort to revitalize their two-and-a half-year-old pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
Bahraini protestors hold petrol bombs and the national flag during the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998317 )
An elderly Bahraini woman looks out from a doorway during a funeral procession of Ali Jaffar Habib, 10, in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. The boy's family and opposition activists blamed cancer, the cause of the boy's death, was due to repeated heavy tear gas exposure. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
A Bahraini woman carries candles during the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998246 )
Bahraini mourners carry the coffin of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998191 )
A Bahraini man plays with a toy gun during the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998369 )
Bahraini protestors wave their national flag as they stand behind barbed wire placed by riot police during demonstration against the ruling regime in the village of Shakhora, west of Manama, on August 14, 2013.. Bahraini police headed off a protest against Gulf kingdom's Sunni rulers that the Shiite-led opposition activists called for near the US embassy in defiance of a ban. The police deployment prevented protesters from reaching the spot designated by the Bahrain Rebellion Movement, Tamarod, for the main rally outside the US embassy in the capital Manama. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 522088350 )
Bahraini men carry placards during the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998185 )
A Bahraini woman prays in a street in Malkiya, Bahrain, after participating in call of "God is Greater" that echoed through opposition villages nationwide on Monday night, Aug. 12, 2013. The simultaneous shout-out, similar to what was done in the earlier days of Bahrain's 2 1/2-year-old pro-democracy uprising, is meant as a show of opposition solidarity ahead of plans this week to attempt major protests. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ( Mideast Bahrain )
A Bahraini boy flashes the v-sign during the funeral of 10-year-old Ali Jaffer Habib, in the village of Malikiya, on August 10, 2013. Habib, according to his family, died after developing cancer due to the inhalation of tear gas fired by security forces earlier in the year. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images ( 521998352 )