Smokes raises from a burned shopping mall in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
With the police having disappeared from the streets, residents reported gangs of youths, some on motorbikes, roaming the streets, looting supermarkets, shopping malls and stores.
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A protestor holds up an Egyptian flag in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
The Arab world's most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence and control of the streets.
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A soldiers stands guard in front of the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, Egyptian police officers carry a wounded colleague in Suez, Egypt.
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Protesters burn a portrait a Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and looting furniture in Suez, Egypt on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.
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A wounded protestor shouts during a demonstration in Cairo, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011.
The army sent hundreds more troops and armored vehicles onto the streets of Cairo and other cities but appeared to be taking little action against demonstrators.
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A medic treats a wounded child in a mosque of Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, a police officer gestures as he joins anti-government protesters in Suez, Egypt.
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A man rides vehicle in a flooded street, while soldiers look on, in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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People stand amongst the debris outside the door of the Aracadia shopping mall in Cairo Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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Children walk through debris outside the Arcadia mall in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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Egyptian volunteers store looted goods confiscated from looters inside a mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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Egyptian volunteers guard looted goods confiscated from looters at a street in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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An Egyptian volunteer helps put a surgical mask on another to overcome smokes of a burned shopping mall in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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Egyptians watch as smoke billows from the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
Egyptians woke up to a dawn of uncertainty Sunday with several key buildings still smoldering in the capital and thousands of anti-regime protesters remaining camped out at the city's main square in defiance of an extended nighttime curfew.
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An Egyptian woman carrying a baby walks past the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
Cairo residents boarded up homes and set up neighborhood watches of citizens armed with guns, clubs and knives as looting and violence engulfed the capital.
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Egyptians walk past the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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An Egyptian man uses his mobile phone to take a picture of the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011.
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A BNP Paribas bank branch remains damaged on the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011.
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A HSBC bank branch remains damaged on the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011.
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Armored vehicles block access near the Foreign Ministry in Cairo, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011.
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A charred military vehicle is seen in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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People gesture towards Egyptian soldiers aboard an armored personnel carrier, emblazoned with the words 'Down Mubarak', in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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A protester uses a shoe against a portrait of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
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Demonstrators gather near the main Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday Jan. 29, 2011.
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Military fighter jets are seen behind the minaret of the Aguza mosque in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
Fighter jets are swooping low over Cairo in what appears to be an attempt by the military to show its control of a city beset by looting, armed robbery and anti-government protests.
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People walk past a burned police station in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.
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Women shout during an anti-government demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.
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A member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard on the main floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.
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People demonstrate in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.
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People pray on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.
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A man who claims to be Capt. Fathi is carried on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.
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A man takes pictures with his cell phone on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011
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A man identified only as Fathi, wearing the uniform of a captain in the Egyptian army, is carried by demonstrators on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.
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A view of protesters gathered in Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.
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Cars in a traffic jam are seen on a bridge, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.
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A soldier controls the traffic next to a tank, on a bridge over the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.
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Egyptian Army soldiers are seen on top of an APC vehicle near the pyramids, in Giza, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.
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A man standing on lamppost and holding spent ammunition cartridges reacts on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.
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A girl holds a poster during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.
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