2011 protests in Egypt

Anti-Mubarak protesters throw rocks at loyalists from behind a barricade in Cairo on Wednesday.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

An injured anti-Mubarak protester receives first aid Wednesday at a makeshift clinic in a mosque near Tahrir Square.   (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

A woman weeps at the chaos surrounding her in Tahrir Square.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

People tend to an injured man in Tahrir Square in Cairo.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Two anti-Mubarak protesters make their way out of a medial clinic in a mosque off of Tahrir Square.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians gather in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the largest group in seven days, to call for the departure of President Hosni Mubarak.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters hold up a banner that reads “Gone” in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The Egyptian army stood by but did not interfere with the gathering.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Angry protesters.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Anti-government protesters hold up a poster of President Hosni Mubarak.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The mood was celebratory.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters continue to gather in Tahrir Square, disobeying a curfew.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Tahrir Square.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Men voice their opposition to the government, something they have never been able to do openly before this week.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters pray at sunset.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Tahrir Square.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Sundown prayers at Tahrir Square.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

More than 100,000 people protest in Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters formed a mile-long procession in Alexandria.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Demonstrators in Alexandria.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Out of the spotlight of Cairo, the demonstrations in Alexandria have been more sporadic and, at times, more violent. About 30 people were killed last week during clashes with police. In the city center, half a dozen burned-out cars were still lying in the road.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

A child sits on a tank while Egyptian soldiers stand by during a demonstration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.  (Chris Hondros / Getty Images)

An Egyptian military vehicle near the pyramids in Giza. The pyramids are closed to tourists.  (Victoria Hazou / Associated Press)

Egyptians pray on the side of a road opposite Egyptian army armored vehicles along the Nile river in downtown Cairo.  (Khalil Hamra / Associated Press)

Demonstrators assemble and speak with soldiers on tanks in Cairo. Demonstrations continued in central Cairo on the fifth consecutive day that civil revolt that has rocked the country and left dozens dead and hundreds injured.  (Hannibal Hanschke / EPA)

Egyptians carry the body of a protester who was killed during clashes with police in Cairo.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Marchers shake hands with Egyptian soldiers on tanks during a demonstration in Tahrir Square in Cairo.  (Chris Hondros / Getty Images)

Protesters stand on army tanks in Tahrir Square in Cairo.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

An Egyptian man carries a child and a sign in Tahrir Square in Cairo.  (Chris Hondros / Getty Images)

Police gather in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as a car burns.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

People pray in the street in front of The Al-Istiqama Mosque, watched by riot police in Giza. Thousands of police are on the streets of the capital and hundreds of arrests have been made in an attempt to quell anti-government demonstrations.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

An Egyptian anti-government protester heckles riot police.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Plainclothes police officers arrest a demonstrator demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.  (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators clash with Egyptian police in central Cairo during a protest against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.  (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian police use tear gas to try to disperse anti-government protesters in Cairo.  (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)