Seven officers were injured during a second night of rioting in north Belfast, the police have said.
Officers were attacked with petrol bombs, fireworks, laser pens and stones in the Woodvale area. Police fired 10 baton rounds and deployed water cannon.
It followed trouble on Friday when 32 officers and an MP were injured.
The NI Secretary, Theresa Villiers, said the Orange Order leadership needed to reflect on its role in the run-up to the 12 July parades.
"They have emphasised that they wanted their protest to be peaceful," she said.
"But they were warned by the chief constable that encouraging thousands of people onto the streets at a time of real tension involved significant risks."
She had earlier described the two nights of violence as "shameful".
Police said trouble broke out on Saturday shortly after 20:30 BST and continued for several hours. Calm was restored to the area at about 01:30 on Sunday.
So far, 33 people have been arrested during the two nights of trouble.
Another 400 police officers have been brought in from England and Scotland to aid the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
BBC Northern Ireland reporter Mark Simpson said on Saturday a police officer was hit by a petrol bomb during the rioting. The officer's colleagues quickly extinguished the flames.
The BBC's Andy Martin, in Belfast, said the rioting was "nowhere near as bad" as on Friday night.
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Chris Buckler reports from the scene of Saturday's clashes
On Saturday, Chief Constable Matt Baggott described the 12 July trouble as "shameful and disgraceful".
Clashes developed when police enforced a ban on an Orange Order march on Friday.
The order had called for widespread demonstrations after marchers were banned from a stretch of road separating loyalists and nationalists. It later said it was suspending its protest.
Mr Baggott said the Twelfth had been a "day of celebration" for many people and that the majority of parades had passed off "peacefully".
"But I think this morning (Saturday) some of the leadership within the Orange Order needs to reflect upon whether they provided the responsible leadership asked for by myself and by the party leaders," he said.
"Some of their language was emotive, having called thousands of people to protest, they had no plan and no control, and rather than being responsible, I think the word for that is reckless."
The marching season in Northern Ireland is a period of events from April to August, with the highpoint on 12 July when Orangemen march to commemorate William of Orange's victory over the Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland in 1690.
William III is revered by the order as a champion of his faith. The Orange Order commemorate his victory in their annual parades.
Many Catholics see the marches as triumphalist and sectarian with some traditional Orange routes passing through or past areas occupied mainly by Catholics and nationalists.
The Parades Commission ruling on the north Belfast parade was welcomed by nationalist politicians but angered unionists.
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