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Egyptians mark second day of mourning following Port Said catastrophe

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Protesters of the Port Said football catastrophe demonstrate at the Interior Ministry, where hundreds were injured from tear gas on the second day of a three-day mourning period for those who died. Cairo, Egypt. 3rd February 2012
in Our World, on the 3rd of February 2012

Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

ID: 1032800

Protesters march toward Tahrir Square for the second day following the Port Said football match catastrophe.

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An Al-Ahly fan supporting the protests from Mohamed Mahmoud Street in downtown Cairo.

ID: 1033254

Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

ID: 1033255

Protesters carrying an Egyptian flag with the message (translated), "The revolution is protected it will not die and continued in the demolition of injustice."

ID: 1033256

A banner reads (translation), "Purge the judiciary to achieve justice lost."

ID: 1033257

A banner (center) reads (translation), "Clean the media from corruption."

ID: 1033258

A child's mother watches as her daughter gets face paint.

ID: 1033259

Al-Ahly and Zamalek fans protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square following the catastrophe in Port Said on Wednesday.

ID: 1033261

Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

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A distressed youth is calmed by an elder during protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square following Wednesday's catastrophe in Port Said.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

ID: 1033268

Women protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

ID: 1033270

Women protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

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Women protesters chant anti-government slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a second day.

ID: 1033300

An effigy of former President Hosni Mubarak hangs in Tahrir Square, symbolic of the message written across its chest (translated), "The right of the martyr."

ID: 1033303

Protesters form a human shield line to block others from harms way as tear gas fills the air on Mohamed Mahmoud Street in downtown Cairo.

ID: 1033305

Protesters gather at what was formerly known as the Mohamed Mahmoud Street Wall.

ID: 1033308

A protester exiting Mohammed Mahmoud Street wears a full gas mask for protection from tear gas.

ID: 1033310

Protesters gather to march toward the Mohamed Mahmoud Street wall formerly blocking their way to the Ministry of the Interior.

ID: 1033315

Two protesters wearing the national Egyptian flag during protests at Mohamed Mahmoud Street in downtown Cairo.

ID: 1033333

A Mohamed Mahmoud Street protester displays effects of tear gas from the battle at Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

ID: 1033348
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