Hosni Mubarak on trial

83-year-old Hosni Mubarak on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom on Wednesday, Aug. 3, as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign.

An Egyptian reacts as he watches a giant screen outside the police academy in Cairo, on Aug. 3, showing ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, his security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers facing trial, on charges they ordered the use of lethal force against protesters during Egypt's 18-day uprising.

Gamal, center left, and Alaa Mubarak, left in white prison uniforms, the two sons of Hosni Mubarak, in a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom on Aug. 3.

An Egyptian protester holds the Egyptian National flag and shouts slogans against the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, outside the police accademy, in Cairo, on Aug. 3. Supporters of Mubarak and his opponents scuffled in the morning outside a makeshift courtroom near Cairo ahead of the start of Mubarak's trial.

A general view inside the Cairo courtroom on Aug. 3.

A pro-Mubarak female protester carries a picture of Mubarak during the trial session of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak outside the Police Military Academy complex in Cairo, on Aug. 3.

Lawyers of victims of the uprising make their case in the Cairo courtroom on Aug. 3.

An Egyptian anti-Mubarak protester flashes a noose during a protest outside the police academy in Cairo on Aug. 3.

Gamal Mubarak leaves the Cairo Criminal Court in the police academy on the outskirt of the capital, on the first day of his trial along with his brother and father, ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and other government officials on murder and corruption trials, on Aug. 3.

Alaa Mubarak leaves the Cairo Criminal Court in the police academy on the outskirt of the capital, on the first day of his trial along with his brother and father, on Aug. 3.

Egyptians loyal to the former president (left to right) strike a foe during the trial of officials from the ousted government outside police academy on Aug. 3.

A protester against Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is stopped by police officers during clashes with pro-Mubarak supporters outside the police academy on Aug. 3