An anti-government demonstrator lights a molotov at a burning tyre during clashes at Altamira square in Caracas

An anti-government demonstrator lights a molotov at a burning tyre during clashes at Altamira square in Caracas February 27, 2014. Venezuelans began a week-long national holiday on Thursday as some protests still simmered but President Nicolas Maduro’s government was hoping the break will take the heat out of the nation’s worst unrest for a decade. REUTERS/Marco Bello (VENEZUELA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)