Senegal police fire tear gas on protests

Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo

An anti-government protester gestures toward police firing tear gas, on a central boulevard in Dakar, Senegal Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Saturday marks the fourth straight day of protests ahead of next week's critical election which is pitting the country's 85-year-old president against a young opposition demanding his departure. The increasingly tense atmosphere on the ground has many concerned that there may be unrest if President Abdoulaye Wade is declared the winner of the vote.

Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo

An injured anti-government protester is surrounded by journalists as he waits for assistance, after a police officer fired tear gas at close range directly into a group of protesters sheltering behind a kiosk, on a central boulevard in Dakar, Senegal Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Saturday marks the fourth straight day of protests ahead of next week's critical election which is pitting the country's 85-year-old president against a young opposition demanding his departure. The increasingly tense atmosphere on the ground has many concerned that there may be unrest if President Abdoulaye Wade is declared the winner of the vote.

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