Discontent and poverty in Yemen

A view over the city of Sana'a Photograph: Brent Stirton/Getty Images Europe Photograph: Brent Stirton/guardian.co.uk Soldiers and tribal members wave their weapons in the air after a battle against Huthi rebels in Daher al-Himar, in the northern province of Saada Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: AFP/guardian.co.uk A street vendor pushes his cart outside the historical Bab al-Yemen gate that leads to the Old Sana'a district Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Marwan Naamani/guardian.co.uk A trader sells traditional daggers, called jambia , at the main gate of the Old City of Sana'a Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA Photograph: Yahya Arhab/guardian.co.uk Anti-terrorism forces take part in an exercise in the Saref area, on the northern outskirts of Sana'a Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Marwan Naamani/guardian.co.uk Children wait to fill their containers with drinking water in Sana'a Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: AFP/guardian.co.uk Suspected Huthi rebels stand behind bars during their trial at the state security court in Sana'a Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/guardian.co.uk A man chews qat, a mild drug used daily by many Yemenis Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/guardian.co.uk Security forces take part in a military parade in Dhamar Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/guardian.co.uk Women carry empty gas cylinders in Sana'a. The country is suffering from a gas shortage Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: AFP/guardian.co.uk Yemeni protesters carry a flag of the former southern Yemen state during an anti-government demonstration in al-Habilain Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Photograph: AFP/guardian.co.uk Men arrive at Saleh mosque to attend Friday prayers in Sana'a Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Marwan Naamani/guardian.co.uk Somali refugees walk on the side of a road near Ahwar. Somali refugees, who number in the hundred thousands in Yemen, are finding themselves under stricter surveillance Photograph: Khaled Fazaa/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Khaled Fazaa/guardian.co.uk A man wears badges showing (from bottom) the Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh; the late Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin; the commander of the republican guard and special forces, Brigadier Ahmad Ali Abdullah Saleh; the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; the late Yemeni speaker Abdullah al-Ahmed; and President Saleh in military uniform Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA Photograph: Yahya Arhab/guardian.co.uk