ONTD_P's Photo of the Day: February 10, 2011.
A handful of stunning NY Times photography from Tahrir Square.
Antigovernment protesters camped out near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning the square into a makeshift village with tens of thousands coming every day, with some sleeping in tents made of blankets and plastic sheets.
Emilio Morenatti | Associated Press
With a new wave of demonstrations in Tahrir Square on Tuesday - by some measures the largest in the two-week uprising - Egyptians loudly rejected their government’s approach to political change and renewed their demands for the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
Emilio Morenatti | Associated Press
Antigovernment protesters planning to remain in Tahrir Square in Cairo arranged plastic sheeting to fend off the cold night air.
Marco Longari | Agence France-Presse
A tea vendor sits among Egyptian anti government protesters lined up before a prayer on Tahrir Square, on February 7, 2011, on the 14th days of protests calling for an end to President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
Marco Longari | Agence France-Presse
Egyptians from all walks of life camped in front of Parliament, where antigovernment demonstrators are also staging protests.
Moises Saman | The New York Times
An Egyptian couple married in Tahrir Square, surrounded by antigovernment protesters. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning the area into a makeshift village with tens of thousands coming every day, with some sleeping in tents made of plastic sheeting.
Emilio Morenatti | Associated Press
A demonstrator took a nap beside an Egyptian Army tank in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of antigovernment protests in Cairo.
Tara Todras-Whitehill | Associated Press
The crowds swelled despite an appearance on state television by Vice President Omar Suleiman, a former intelligence chief who has met opposition groups including the banned Muslim Brotherhood, and who said Tuesday that Mr. Mubarak had endorsed moves to create a timetable for a “peaceful and organized transfer of power.”
Emilio Morenatti | Associated Press
Seen through their national flag, Egyptian antigovernment protesters prayed in Tahrir Square.
Patrick Baz | Agence France-Presse - Getty Images
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Source:
- "Pictures of the Day: Egypt and Elsewhere" | The Lens | NY Times Photography
- "Pictures of the Day: Egypt and Elsewhere (2)" | The Lens | NY Times Photography