Protests return to Tahrir Square November 28, 2012

Protestors once again have massed in Egypt's Tahrir Square and around the country in opposition to their ruling leader. Yesterday a crowd of more than 200,000 gathered in growing opposition to President Mohamed Morsi's decree last Friday that granted him sweeping constitutional powers. Tahrir Square became the epicenter of the protests in early 2011 that led to the resignation of former president Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptian protesters shoot fireworks as they demonstrate against President Mohamed Morsi's decree, in Tahrir Square on Nov. 27. Thousands took to the streets across Egypt to protest a decision by President Mohamed Morsi to grant himself sweeping powers. Protesters in Cairo converged on Tahrir Square where a sit-in began on 23 Nov. after the Islamist leader signed a decree making all his decisions and laws immune from legal challenge

2Egyptian protesters chant slogans at a rally in Tahrir Square on Nov. 27. Egyptians flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir Square on Tuesday for a protest against Egypt's president in a significant test of whether the opposition can rally the street behind it in a confrontation aimed at forcing the Islamist leader to rescind decrees that granted him near absolute powers

3Egyptian protesters hold a national flag and shout slogans against a President Mohamed Morsi decree in Tahrir Square

4Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir Square, where an opposition rally has been called for to voice a rejection of President Morsi's seizure of near absolute powers, in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 27

5Anti-Morsi protesters try to carry a man affected by tear gas during clashes with riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a fifth day on Tuesday, stepping up calls to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of autocracy

6An anti-Morsi protester holds empty tear gas canisters that were shot by the riot police during a protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo

7An anti-Morsi protester flashes 'V' signs during clashes with riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 27

8A protester holds a placard against the Egyptian president at an opposition rally in Tahrir Square

9Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and wave is campaign posters and a national flag outside the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 23. Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president staged rival rallies Friday after he assumed sweeping new powers, a clear show of the deepening polarization plaguing the country.

10Anti-Morsi protesters carry a man affected by tear gas during clashes with riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 27

11A masked Egyptian protester takes cover during clashes with security forces on Nov. 27 near Tahrir square, where an opposition rally has been called for to voice rejection of President Morsi's seizure of near absolute powers, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian protesters and police clashed in Cairo on Tuesday just hours ahead of a planned massive rally by opponents of the country's Islamist president demanding he rescind decrees that granted him near-absolute powers. 

12Riot police use tear gas during clashes with anti-Morsi protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 27

13A protester runs to throw a tear gas canister back at police during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo, as anti-Morsi protesters start to gather in the square on Nov. 27

14Egyptian protesters opposed to president Mohammed Morsi take cover during clashes with Morsi supporters near Tahrir Square on Nov. 23. Opponents and supporters of Mohammed Morsi clashed across Egypt on Friday, the day after the president granted himself sweeping new powers that critics fear can allow him to be a virtual dictator

15Protesters run from the riot police during clashes at Tahrir square in Cairo on Nov. 25. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's decree that put his decisions above legal challenge until a new parliament was elected caused fury amongst his opponents on Friday who accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution. Police fired tear gas in a street leading to Cairo's Tahrir Square, heart of the 2011 anti-Mubarak uprising, where thousands demanded Morsi quit and accused him of launching a "coup"

16A protester cheers as items ransacked from an office of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party burn in Alexandria on Nov. 23. 

17Protesters chant slogans against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi during a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 23. The words on the ground read: "Go away Morsi".

18A protester passes out due to the tear gas fired by the riot police in Cairo on Nov. 25

19A protester waves an Egyptian flag amidst clashes in Tahrir Square on Nov. 25.

20A protester returns a tear gas canister to the riot police in Cairo on Nov. 25

21A riot police officer covers his face from tear gas during clashes with anti-Morsi protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 27

22A protester carries a cross and a Koran as anti-Morsi protesters chant anti-government slogans in Tahrir Square on Nov. 27. Opponents of President Mohamed Morsi clashed with Egyptian police on Tuesday as thousands of protesters stepped up pressure on the Islamist to scrap a decree they say threatens the nation with a new era of autocracy. 

23Former Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi speaks during a demonstration in Tahrir Square on Nov. 27. More than 200,000 people flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir square on Tuesday, chanting against Egypt's Islamist president in a powerful show of strength by the opposition demanding Mohammed Morsi revoke edicts granting himself near autocratic powers

24Anti-Morsi protesters chant anti-government slogans at Tahrir Square on Nov. 27

25President Mohammed Morsi, center right, waves to supporters outside the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 23

26Makeshift tents during a sit-in at Tahrir Square on Nov. 25. Media reports state that clashes erupted between protesters and riot police near the US embassy in central Cairo. The protests started on Nov. 19 with a demonstration marking the anniversary of last year's deadly clashes. More protesters gathered onNovember 22 shortly after President Mohamed Morsi issued a constitutional amendment preventing the courts from blocking his decrees or drafting a new constitution

27Egyptian protesters hold a giant national flag during a protest against the President Mohamed Morsi decree at Tahrir Square on Nov. 27

28Protesters demonstrate against the President Mohamed Morsi decree at Tahrir Square on Nov. 27. Thousands took to the streets across Egypt to protest a decision by President Mohamed Morsi to grant himself sweeping powers. Protesters in Cairo converged on Tahrir Square where a sit-in began on Nov. 23 after the Islamist leader signed a decree making all his decisions and laws immune from legal challenge

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Collected And Edited By:

Pilot/ Tarek Elagamy