An Egyptian woman reacts to the situation in her homeland during a demonstration against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak outside the Egyptian embassy in Amman. Photo: Reuters
An Egyptian woman reacts to the situation in her homeland during a demonstration against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak outside the Egyptian embassy in Amman. Photo: Reuters
Demonstrator step on posters picturing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during a protest demanding the President to step down in front of Egypt's Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. Photo: AP
Women walk past an opposition supporter holding a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak painted with the Star of David before Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Tens of thousands of Egyptians prayed in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, hoping a million more would join them in what they called the "Day of Departure". Photo: Reuters
Jordanian opposition protestors hold a placard during a protest against Jordan's new prime minister Marouf Al Bakhit, and in support of the Egyptian people, in Amman, Jordan. Photo: AP
Members of Lebanese parties and movements burn a mock Israeli flag during a demonstration against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut. Photo: Reuters
A member of the press lies on the ground after being attacked by mobs while soldiers surround him in Cairo. The United States and Britain condemned the intimidation of foreign reporters covering protests against President Hosni Mubarak. Photo: Reuters
Egyptian women shout anti-Mubarak slogans during a protest in the Mediterranean sea city of Alexandria, Egypt. Protesters demanding President Hosni Mubarak's ouster packed Cairo's central square by the tens of thousands, waving Egyptian flags, singing the national anthem and cheering, appearing undaunted and determined after their camp withstood two days of street battles with regime supporters trying to dislodge them. Photo: AP
Egyptian children hold an anti-Mubarak cartoon during a protest in Alexandria, Egypt. The Egyptian military guarded thousands of protesters pouring into Cairo's main square in an attempt to drive out President Hosni Mubarak after a week and half of pro-democracy demonstrations. Arabic read "No to humiliation and oppression" . Photo: AP
Opposition supporters pray next to a tank in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Tens of thousands of Egyptians prayed in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, hoping a million more would join them in what they called the "Day of Departure". Photo: Reuters
Anti-government protesters take part in prayers at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Tens of thousands of Egyptians prayed in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, hoping a million more would join them in what they called the "Day of Departure". Photo: Reuters
A member of the press lies on the ground after being attacked by mobs while soldiers surround him in Cairo. The United States and Britain condemned the intimidation of foreign reporters covering protests against President Hosni Mubarak. Photo: Reuters
Palestinians protestors hold Egyptian flags as they run amidst tear gas smoke during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah. Photo: AP
Egyptian protesters wave Egyptian flags under an effigy representing a hanged President Mubarak during a protest in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian military guarded thousands of protesters pouring into Cairo's main square on Friday in an attempt to drive out President Hosni Mubarak after a week and half of pro-democracy demonstrations. Photo: AP
An anti-government protestor shouts anti-Mubarak slogans after Friday prayers at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Tens of thousands of Egyptians prayed in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, hoping a million more would join them in what they called the "Day of Departure" . Photo: Reuters
A protester lifts another as they chant anti-government slogans during mass demonstrations against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria. The placard reads: "Leave." Photo: Reuters
A demonstrator holds an illustration of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during a protest against him following Friday prayers at Beyazit square in Istanbul. Photo: Reuters
Protesters show their anger as they chant anti-government slogans during mass demonstrations against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria. Photo: Reuters
A boy shouts anti-Mubarak slogans after prayers at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Tens of thousands of Egyptians prayed in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, hoping a million more would join them in what they called the "Day of Departure" . Photo: Reuters
People pray in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian military guarded thousands of protesters pouring into Cairo's main square in an attempt to drive out President Hosni Mubarak after a week and half of pro-democracy demonstrations. Photo: AP
A man tears up a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as several hundred pro-Islamic demonstrators hold a protest in show of solidarity with protestors in Egypt, after prayers outside the Beyazit Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: AP
Published Feb 4, 2011
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Tens of thousands packed central Cairo, waving flags and singing the national anthem, emboldened in their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak after they repelled pro-regime attackers in two days of bloody street fights. The US was pressing Egypt for an swift start toward greater democracy, including a proposal for Mubarak to step down immediately.
Thousands including families with children flowed over bridges across the Nile into Tahrir Square, a sign the movement was not intimidated after fending off everything thrown by Mubarak suporters - storms of hurled concrete, metal rebar and firebombs, fighters on horses and camels and automatic gunfire barrages.
