Nov. 23, 2012
Protesters run from tear gas released by riot police during clashes at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Police fired tear gas in a street leading to the square, the heart of the 2011 anti-Mubarak uprising, where thousands demanded Morsi quit and accused him of launching a “coup” after his decrees that put his decisions above legal challenge until the election of a new parliament.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Nov. 23, 2012
Protesters opposed to Morsi take cover during clashes near Tahrir Square. Opponents and supporters of the president clashed across Egypt the day after the president granted himself sweeping new powers that critics fear would allow him to be a virtual dictator.
Mohammed Asad / AP
Nov. 23, 2012
Egyptian protesters rally against Morsi decrees in Tahrir Square. Morsi said Friday that the decrees were not designed to “settle scores” with the opposition but to ensure national stability.
Khaled Elfiqi / European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 23, 2012
Egyptian protesters shout slogans against Morsi in Tahrir Square.
Khaled Elfiqi / European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 23, 2012
Morsi supporters chant slogans and wave his campaign posters outside the presidential palace in Cairo.
Ahmed Abd el Fatah / AP
Nov. 23, 2012
Egyptian protesters opposed to Morsi’s decree chant slogans in Tahrir Square.
Mohammed Asad / AP
Nov. 23, 2012
An Egyptian protester chants slogans and holds a cross and a Koran in Tahrir Square.
Maya Alleruzzo / AP
Nov. 23, 2012
Protesters run from riot police during clashes at Tahrir Square.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Nov. 23, 2012
Protesters rush a wounded comrade to a field hospital in Tahrir Square.
Maya Alleruzzo / AP
Nov. 23, 2012
Egyptian protesters opposed to Morsi try to breach a building during clashes near Tahrir Square.
Mohammed Asad / AP
Nov. 23, 2012
Egyptian security forces block a street leading to parliament and Tahrir Square in preparation for a rally planned after noon prayer.
Andre Pain / European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 23, 2012
Supporters chant during a demonstration praising Morsi in front of the presidential palace in Cairo.
Asmaa Waguih / Reuters
Nov. 23, 2012
Al-Wafd party chairman El-Sayed el-Badawi, right, attends a rally against Morsi’s decrees in Tahrir Square.
Khaled Elfiqi / European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 23, 2012
Nobel Peace laureate and former Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei, center left, walks next to former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, center right, during a rally against Morsi’s decrees in Cairo.
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Nov. 23, 2012
Egyptian protesters opposed to Morsi’s decrees break into the offices of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, in Alexandria.
Tarek Fawzy / AP
Nov. 22, 2012
People carry a poster of Morsi as they gather in front of the prosecutor general’s office in Cairo in support of the president's decision to remove Abdel Meguid Mahmoud from his post. Morsi demanded that the prosecutor general resign Thursday.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Nov. 22, 2012
In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Morsi, right, swears in his new prosecutor general, Talaat Abdullah, left, in Cairo.
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