Egyptian death sentence verdict - in pictures

Egyptian al-Ahly football club supporters wait in Cairo for the verdict of the court over a deadly football riot in Port Said that killed more than 70 people last year. Photograph: Mahmud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images

Supporters of al-Ahly football club celebrate in Cairo after an Egyptian court confirmed the death penalty for 21 people for their role in fatal 2012 football riots in the Egyptian city of Port Said. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Judges from the Port Said criminal court give their verdict in Cairo, where the hearing was held for security reasons. Photograph: Ahmed abd el-Latif/AP

Men in a coffee shop in Port Said, Egypt, watch the televised court verdict. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Al-Ahly fans celebrate in front of their club headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

Lawyers for the defendants confer after the Port Said criminal court gave its verdict. Photograph: Ahmed abd el-Latif/AP

Supporters of the Cairo-based al-Ahly football club react to the verdict. Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Egyptians in a coffee shop in Port Said watch the court verdict on television. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Al-Ahly supporters in Cairo, Egypt, react to the verdict. Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

Fans of al-Ahly celebrate outside their stadium in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

An Egyptian man watches the televised court verdict in a coffee shop in Port Said. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

A riot policeman throws a tear gas canister which was thrown back by protesters opposing the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Al-Ahly supporters run away from smoke and flames rising from the police officers' club. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian policemen wait to be rescued after protesters set fire to a police club. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

An injured man, thought to be working for security at the police club compound in Cairo, is taken away after a fire broke out at the compound, which was reportedly attacked by al-Ahly fans after seven security officials were acquitted of charges related to deadly football rioting last year. Photograph: EPA

Men cross the Suez canal in fishing boats after several protesters set fire to tyres on the docks at Port Said in an attempt to prevent ships from entering the strategic city at the Mediterranean end of the canal. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

An Egyptian soldier stands guard outside the prison in Port Said. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP