TOPSHOTS A Bahraini protestor holds the national flag and runs for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following 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. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH