Egypt protests

More than a quarter-million people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square in by far the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. Solidarity protests were also held around the world.

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Tue., Feb. 1, 2011

Soldiers surround an unidentified Muslim cleric, center in white, in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Lefteris Pitarakis Associated Press
A protester with the Arabic word for "Egypt" cut in his hair attends a demonstration against the Egyptian government in front of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. About 100 demonstrators gathered to rally against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, and to support the protests taking place in Egypt.

Markus Schreiber Associated Press
A young boy holds up a sign that reads "Go to Hell Mubarak" as the Egyptian flag is seen in the foreground, during a demonstration in central Athens, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. More than 200 Egyptian immigrants and Greek supporters gathered outside the Egyptian embassy in Athens in support of ongoing mass demonstrations in Egypt to demand an end to the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. The Athens protest ended peacefully.

Kostas Tsironis Associated Press
Activists of the Students Federation of India hold placards and shout slogans against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak outside the Egyptian Embassy in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Mustafa Quraishi Associated Press
A crowd remains in the late afternoon in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Lefteris Pitarakis Associated Press
Muslim anti-government protesters make their prayers at dusk at the continuing demonstration in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
A young girl standing on a relative's shoulders leads chants against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during the continuing demonstration in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
An anti-government protester feeds a child as he takes a rest at the continuing demonstration in Tahrir square, at night in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
Demonstrators carry a huge flag in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Lefteris Pitarakis Associated Press
Anti-government protesters with slogans and national flags painted on their faces sit in Tahrir, or Liberation Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Tara Todras-Whitehill Associated Press
An anti-government protester holds a placard referring to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and reading "Egypt Better without Pharaoh" at night during the continuing demonstration in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
Women hold poster in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Victoria Hazou Associated Press
Young girls wave Egyptian flags atop an armored vehicle just outside Tahrir or Liberation Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Victoria Hazou Associated Press
Anti-government protesters pray as others demonstrate in Tahrir, or Liberation Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Tara Todras-Whitehill Associated Press
An Egyptian army lieutenant colonel stands atop a tank as the crowd arrives to Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
Demonstrators hold banners in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Khalil Hamra Associated Press
An effigy depicting President Hosni Mubarak hangs while perople demonstrate in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Khalil Hamra Associated Press
Jordanian protesters shouts slogans and hold a picture of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser during a protest against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in front of the Egyptian embassy in Amman, Jordan.

Nader Daoud Associated Press
Members of a pro-Islamic human rights group and a leftist party hold a joint protest in a show of solidarity with protestors in Egypt, outside the Egyptian embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. The placards read: "Egyptian people will win! Revolution and Freedom!"

Burhan Ozbilici Associated Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, accompanied by the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., makes a statement on the crisis in Egypt, prior to a hearing on Iraq Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

J. Applewhite Associated Press