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MOHAMMED ABED / AFP / Getty Images ### On Fire  By the end of the day on January 28, the police and the protesters were fighting running battles in the streets around Tahrir Square. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters ### Batons  An Egyptian woman is escorted from a clash between police and protesters. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP ### Medic  The protesters attend a man wounded in the demonstrations. Ben Curtis / AP ### Across the Divide  One of the protesters speaks with the police. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images ### Conflagration  The demonstrators set fire to the offices of Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) on the night of the 28th. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters ### The Troops Arrive  That same night, APCs took up positions on Tahrir Square. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP ### We Are All Egyptians  A soldier and a protester shake hands on the morning after the troops appeared. Yannis Behrakis / Reuters ### “Hug a Soldier”  The protesters urged one each other to greet their army with warmth in order to win the military's rank and file over to their side. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters ### The Soles of Their Shoes  After Mubarak gave a televised address on the night of February 1 promising to not run for re-election in the fall, the disappointed protesters showed their displeasure. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images ### Mubarak’s Counterstrike  The following day, February 2, large crowds of pro-government protesters materialized in the square. Ben Curtis / AP ### Helmets and Shields  The protesters were met by riot police who used tear gas to disperse them. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters ### Skirmishes  The pro-government and anti-government movements fought each other in the streets around the square. Suhaib Salem / Reuters ### Four Legged Drive  Among the pro-government forces were a number of men on horse and camel back. Mohammed Abou Zaid / AP ### A Face in the Crowd  A young man is bloodied in the confrontation. Chris Hondros / Getty ### Pitched Battle  The two sides threw stones at each other for several hours. Ahmed Ali / AP ### Carrying  The protesters organized themselves into teams to break up the rocks in the street and ferry them to the makeshift barricades. Tara Todras-Whitehhill / AP ### The Front Line  A demonstrator hurls a stone. Goran Tomasevic / Retuers ### Bandaged  Young men aide a wounded comrade. MOHAMMED ABED / AFP / Getty Images ### Grabbed  An anti-government group surrounds a Mubarak supporter. Miguel Medina / AFP / Getty Images ### Evidence  A collection of police ID cards and a knife allegedly collected from pro-Mubarak supporters are displayed for a photographer. Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP ### At Home on the Square  Once the military had demonstrated its unwillingness to fire on the protesters, the balance of power in the square shifted. Sebastian Scheiner / AP ### Clashes  But the protesters did not back down. Similar uprisings took place in other cities like Alexandria and Suez. MOHAMED OMAR / EPA ### Wired  The moral victory of February 2 galvanized the Egyptian digital communities who had participated so heavily in the organization of the movement. Here, anti-government bloggers work from Tahrir Square. Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images ### Headgear  The protesters had been counseled in ways to construct improvised armor. Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images ### Hand Signal  The slogan reads, "You will leave by the hand of youth". Dylan Martinez / Reuters ### Tray Service  For approximately one week, life on the square settled in to some kind of normalcy. Food was hawked, tea came in plastic cups, and water was available. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images ### Red Letter Day  Several couples came to the square to mark their nuptials. Groom Abdullah al-Qadi, 31, and his bride Sonia al-Beali, 28, celebrated their marriage on Feb. 8. Emilio Morenatti / AP ### Messages to Mubarak  Rocks collected to be used as projectiles anchor notes from the protesters. Ben Curtis / AP ### The President Addresses The Nation  On the night of February 10, President Mubarak re-appeared on television. The broadcast was projected onto a makeshift screen on the square. Yannis Behrakis / Reuters ### Heckler  In his speech, Mubarak struck a defiant tone. Once the crowd understood that he would not relinquish power, they jeered. Emilio Morenatti / AP ### With a Whimper  The day after Mubarak's television address, Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman (appointed by Mubarak not two weeks earlier) announced in a brief television address that Mubarak would step down. AP ### Celebration  The news was greeted with joy on the square. Dylan Martinez / Reuters ### Access Barred  Officially, the protests were banned. In this photo, a protester shouts at antiriot police blocking the way to a journalists' syndicate. Ben Curtis / AP ### Triumph  The Mubarak era comes to a close. Cairo, February 11, 2011. Chris Hondros / Getty Images ### The Battle for Kasr al-Nile Bridge  Four days after protesters first appeared in the streets, the Cairo demonstrators called for a "Day of Rage". It was a Friday, the holiest day of the Muslim week. When several thousand of their number tried to make their way to Tahrir ("Liberation") Square via the Kasr al-Nile Bridge, they were blocked by a large contingent of heavily armed police. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images ### The Cops  The protesters were met with tear gas and water cannons. Khaled Desouki / AFP / Getty Images ### Steadfast  The protesters' ability to remain on the bridge was a significant turning point in the uprising. Khalil Hamra / AP ### Street Fighting  The young people had learned from Tunisians and others they had met on the Internet that the effects of the gas could be mitigated with soda and milk. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters ### Out of There  Protesters kick back tear gas canisters. 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