Cairo’s Tahrir Square

A boy watches an Egyptian artist and activist at work during a campaign to paint a reproduction of the streets behind walls erected to block the route to Tahrir Square.  (Nasser Nasser / Associated Press)

Egyptian protesters pull down a barricade on a street leading to Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the Egyptian revolution last year.   (Mohammed Hossam / AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian protesters gather to break a concrete wall erected by security forces to separate the prime minister’s headquarters and Tahrir Square.  (Khalil Hamra / Associated Press)

Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim, center, attends a protest in the square.  (Nasser Nasser / Associated Press)

Egyptian police look on as a man watches protesters pull down the protective barricade made of cement blocks along Qasr el-Eine street which lead to Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the Egyptian revolution which saw last year’s overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak  (Mohammed Hossam / AFP/Getty Images)

Graffiti in support of the Ultras, a group of avid politicized soccer fans.   (Nasser Nasser / Associated Press)

A protester waves the Egyptian flag as others attend Friday prayers in Tahrir Square.  (Khalil Hamra / Associated Press)