Egypt- and Tunisia-inspired uprisings spread through Middle East, North Africa

Motivated by recent shows of political strength by neighbors in Egypt, demonstrators in the Middle East and North Africa are taking to the streets of many cities to rally for change.

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June 29, 2011

Protesters stand before a thick plume of smoke from a burning police booth in front of the Interior Ministry in Cairo. Protests broke out late Tuesday near a memorial for the more than 840 people killed in the uprising that led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

Mohamed Abd El-Ghany / Reuters

June 29, 2011

Demonstrators cover their faces with pieces of cloth as protection from tear gas released during clashes with Egyptian police in Cairo.

Khalil Hamra / AP

June 29, 2011

A protester throws a tear gas canister at police officers on a street near Tahrir Square. Egyptian police fired tear gas in Tahrir Square at hundreds of mainly young protesters, who were throwing stones and demanding that trials of former senior officials proceed more swiftly.

Asmaa Waguih / Reuters

June 29, 2011

A protester injured by tear gas is carried on a motorcycle during clashes with police in Cairo.

Mohamed Abd El-Ghany / Reuters

June 29, 2011

Demonstrators run for cover from tear gas fired by Egyptian police during clashes in Cairo.

Khalil Hamra / AP

June 29, 2011

Protesters chant after burning a police booth in front of the Interior Ministry in Cairo.

Mohamed Abd El-Ghany / Reuters

June 29, 2011

A protesters runs away from smoke after burning a police booth in front of the Interior Ministry in Cairo.

Mohamed Abd El-Ghany / Reuters

June 29, 2011

A protester wipes his eyes after being affected by tear gas in front of the Interior Ministry in Cairo.

Mohamed Abd El-Ghany / Reuters

June 29, 2011

Egyptian protesters carry an injured fellow protester to a waiting ambulance in Tahrir Square.

Nasser Nasser / AP

June 29, 2011

Egyptian security forces fire tear gas toward protesters in Tahrir Square early Wednesday.

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June 6, 2011

A tribesman loyal to Yemeni opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar lets a boy hold his rifle as they gather near Ahmar's home in the capital Sanaa after snipers shot dead three supporters of the powerful opposition tribal chief.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

June 5, 2011

Anti-government protesters in Sanaa, Yemen, dance and sing as they celebrate President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure to Saudi Arabia. The country's authoritarian leader flew to Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for wounds he suffered in a rocket attack on his compound.

Hani Mohammed / AP

June 5, 2011

Anti-government demonstrators in Sanaa reach to catch a protester after throwing him into the air as they celebrate President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure to Saudi Arabia.

Hani Mohammed / AP

June 5, 2011

An anti-government protester, his face painted with the colors of his national flag, shouts while celebrating with others in Sanaa following President Saleh's departure to Saudi Arabia.

Hani Mohammed / AP

June 5, 2011

Yemeni army soldiers lifted by anti-government protesters in Sanaa, react as they celebrate President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure to Saudi Arabia.

Hani Mohammed / AP

June 3, 2011

A Yemeni army soldier loyal to dissident Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar monitors a demonstration by tens of thousands of anti-regime protesters in central Sanaa, Yemen, against President Ali Abdullah Saleh after Friday prayers.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

June 2, 2011

A Yemeni boy shouts slogans along with anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Saleh in Sanaa. Street battles raged Thursday between the army and opposition tribesmen in the capital Sanaa and dozens of people on both sides were killed and wounded. Elsewhere a thousands-strong force of tribal fighters fought to break through government lines on the northern outskirts of the city. Arabic reads on the boy's headband, " Little efforts woke up a nation."

Hani Mohammed / AP

June 2, 2011

Fire and smoke erupt during clashes between tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, and Yemeni security forces in Sanaa. Thousands of tribesmen threatened Thursday to descend on Yemen's capital to join the battle against forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh as the country slid deeper into an all-out fight for power. Government forces in Sanaa unleashed some of the heaviest shelling yet against their tribal rivals in a dramatic escalation of the conflict.

Mohammed Hamoud / AP

June 1, 2011

Yemeni youths shout slogans against President Ali Abdullah Saleh as they block a main road in the flashpoint city of Taiz, south of Sanaa, with burning tires. A medic at the Jumhuriya hospital said 37 people, most of them combatants, were killed in overnight clashes in the Yemeni capital between opposition tribesmen and security forces.

Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images

May 31, 2011

An injured tribesman loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, lies in a hospital's bed after being wounded in clashes with Yemeni security forces, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Mohammed Hamoud / AP

May 31, 2011

An injured tribesman loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, is rushed to the hospital, after being wounded in clashes with Yemeni security forces, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Mohammed Hamoud / AP

May 31, 2011

In this photo taken through a window, armored vehicles of Yemeni security forces, take position in a street next to the house of Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, during clashes with tribesmen loyal to him, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Hani Mohammed / AP

May 31, 2011

A Yemeni anti-government protester with the Arabic writing on his chest "Taez is the land of freedom" shouts slogans during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

May 31, 2011

An anti-government protester reacts during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Taiz, Yemen.

Anees Mahyoub / AP

May 31, 2011

A girl shouts during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. Street fighting raged across the Yemeni capital on Tuesday after a tenuous truce broke down between tribal groups and forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, edging the impoverished Arab country closer to civil war.

Ammar Awad / Reuters

May 16, 2011

A Yemeni boy looks on while protesters chant prayers during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Hani Mohammed / AP

May 16, 2011

Protesters march past burning tires during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in the southern city of Taiz.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

May 14, 2011

Ahmed Abdul-Fattah al-Saada, the father of Osama bin Laden's youngest wife, arrives for an interview with the Reuters news agency in Sanaa. The Yemeni father of Osama bin Laden's youngest wife, wounded in a U.S. raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, said he initially rebuffed a matchmaker's proposal that his daughter marry bin Laden, before blessing their union. Saada said that the two were married in 1999, before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and that all he knew about bin Laden's politics then was that he had backed insurgents fighting Soviet forces in Afghanistan.

Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

May 14, 2011

Children play outside the home of Ahmed Abdul-Fattah al-Saada, father of Osama bin Laden's youngest wife, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

April 26, 2011

A Syrian protester beats a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with a shoe as he attends a protest against the violence in Syria, in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo. Gunfire reverberated Tuesday in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, where the dead still lay unclaimed in the streets a day after a brutal government crackdown on the revolt against Assad, residents said.

Khalil Hamra / AP

April 26, 2011

An Egyptian police officer speaks to angry Syrian demonstrators trying to storm the Syrian embassy during a protest in Cairo against the ongoing violence in Syria.

Khalil Hamra / AP

April 26, 2011

Syrian protesters chant angry slogans as they demonstrate against the ongoing violence in Syria in front of the Syrian embassy in Cairo.

Khalil Hamra / AP

April 25, 2011

A photo released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows the funeral of Lt. Fadi Ismail in the coastal Mediterranean city of Jableh, northwest of Damascus on Monday, following days of unrest.

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April 25, 2011

A man throws a rock at a passing tank in a location given as Deraa in this still image from an amateur video. Syrian troops in tanks and armored vehicles poured into the southern town Deraa and opened fire on Monday, residents said, in the latest bloodshed in a crackdown on protests that has escalated sharply in recent days.

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April 25, 2011

Algerians and Syrians living in Algeria gather at the Syrian embassy in Algiers to ask for the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a stop to the killings in Syria. Demonstrators, who responded to an appeal by the Algerian League for Defense and Human Rights brandished Syrian flags and signs on which were written "stop the bloody killings and waves of arrests."

Farouk Batiche / AFP/Getty Images

April 23, 2011

In this mobile phone image acquired Saturday by the Associated Press, Syrian anti-government protesters carry the coffin of an activist who was killed on Friday during his funeral procession in Quaboun near Damascus. Syrian security forces fired on tens of thousands of mourners during funeral processions Saturday, killing several people following the deadliest day of the uprising against President Assad.

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April 17, 2011

In a mobile phone image acquired by the AP, Syrian anti-government protesters march during a demonstration in Banias, Syria. Gunmen opened fire during a funeral for a slain anti-government protester Sunday, killing at least three people on a day when tens of thousands of people took to the streets nationwide as part of an uprising against the country's authoritarian regime, witnesses and activists said.

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April 17, 2011

In a mobile phone images acquired by the AP, words are seen written on the street by anti-government protesters, in Banias, Syria.

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April 17, 2011

Syrian protesters shout slogans calling for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman.

Muhammad Hamed / Reuters

April 17, 2011

Syrian nationals living in Jordan carry the "bodies" of those who died in recent protests in Syria as they shout slogans during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman.

Muhammad Hamed / Reuters

April 17, 2011

A boy of Syrian heritage joins a peaceful rally in Sofia, Bulgaria, showing support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the reforms carried out in Syria.

Valentina Petrova / AP

April 17, 2011

Syrian immigrants who live in Bulgaria shout slogans during a peaceful rally in support of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Valentina Petrova / AP

April 10, 2011

Rebel fighters fire a rocket towards pro-Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi loyalists forces on the western side of the town of Ajdabiya.

Odd Andersen / AFP/Getty Images

April 10, 2011

Rebel fighters rest in the shade of the outside wall of a mosque, which was previously hit, on the outskirts of Ajdabiya.

Ben Curtis / AP

April 9, 2011

An Egyptian protester installs barbed wire after clashes with the Egyptian army occurred during the night, in front of the Egyptian museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo.Thousands of protesters turned their anger on the army Saturday, demanding that Egypt's ruling military council hand power to civilians and pressing for former president Hosni Mubarak to be put on trial.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

April 9, 2011

Rebels transpot a wounded prisoner from Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's forces by pickup to a hospital for treatment, halfway between Brega and Ajdabiya, in Libya. Rebels say they took two prisoners after a clash with soldiers near Brega's university outside the government-controlled oil facilities, marking a noticeable advance.

Ben Curtis / AP

April 9, 2011

A protester holds shell casings as another man holds up his blood-stained hand after an attack by security forces in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire in the central Cairo square, demanding the resignation of the military's leader after troops violently dispersed an overnight protest.

Khalil Hamra / AP

April 9, 2011

Yemeni army soldiers push back anti-government demonstrators attending a protest in the southern city of Taiz demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemen, angry over Qatar's suggestion that its leader resign, recalled its ambassador to the fellow Arabian Peninsula nation on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of Yemeni protesters rallied for a second straight day to demand the president's ouster.

Yemen Lens / AP

April 9, 2011

Egyptians cast their shadows on a charred bus in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Soldiers fired heavy volleys of gunfire into the air as part of a predawn attack to clear away an overnight demonstration in Tahrir Square, in the latest sign of tensions between Egypt's ruling military and the country's protest movement.

Khalil Hamra / AP

April 5, 2011

A Yemeni boy sells flags during an anti-government rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University.

Ammar Awad / Reuters

April 5, 2011

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University.

Ammar Awad / Reuters

April 5, 2011

Anti-government protesters prepare to carry an injured fellow protester in Sanaa.

Ammar Awad / Reuters

April 5, 2011

An injured anti-government protester is carried by fellow protesters to a makeshift clinic during clashes in Sanaa.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

April 5, 2011

An anti-government protester reacts after learning his relative was wounded in a field hospital during clashes in Sanaa,Yemen.

Hani Mohammed / AP

April 5, 2011

An anti-government proteser displays bullet shells during clashes in Sanaa.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

April 4, 2011

A wounded anti-government protester is helped by medics in a mosque, following clashes with Yemeni forces in Taiz, Yemen.

Yemen Lens / AP

March 29, 2011

Tens of thousands of Syrians gather for a pro-government rally at the central bank square in Damascus. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted his government's resignation after nearly two weeks of pro-democracy unrest that has posed the gravest challenge to his 11-year rule.

Wael Hmedan / Reuters

March 29, 2011

Two men with fingers painted in the colors of the Syrian flag show the V-sign as they pose in front of a huge image of Assad during a rally by thousands of his supporters in central Damascus.

Anwar Amro / AFP/Getty Images

March 29, 2011

Syrians wave their national flag and hold portraits of Assad during a rally to show support for their leader in Damascus.

Anwar Amro / AFP/Getty Images

March 29, 2011

A Syrian soldier stands on cars and waves Syrian flags during a pro-Assad demonstration in Damascus.

Muzaffar Salman / AP

March 28, 2011

Syrian workers in Lebanon hold portraits of Assad during a rally to show their support for the embattled regime outside the Syrian Embassy in Beirut.

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March 27, 2011

A Syrian man steps out from a burned shop that was destroyed during violence between security forces and armed groups in Latakia, northwest of Damascus, Syria. Gangs of young men roamed Sunday through the streets of a Syrian seaside city, closing alleys with barricades and roughly questioning passersby.

Hussein Malla / AP

March 27, 2011

A Syrian man reacts next to his brother, who was seriously wounded during violence between security forces and armed groups in Latakia, northwest of Damascus, Syria.

Hussein Malla / AP

March 24, 2011

An anti-government protester shouts during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 24, 2011

Anti-Syrian government demonstrators stand next to burning tires as they protest in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. Security forces shot live ammunition and tear gas early Wednesday near a mosque where protesters have been camped out, killing six people including a paramedic, activists said.

Hussein Malla / AP

March 23, 2011

Yemeni soldiers in charge of protecting anti-government protesters take a break after receiving flowers from demonstrators, not pictured, demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 23, 2011

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 23, 2011

Members of Yemen's parliament raise their hands as they vote in favor of the state of emergency declared by the country's President Ali Abdullah Saleh last week in Sanaa.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

March 22, 2011

A protester holds up a piece of bread with the word "Leave!" during a rally outside Sanaa University to demand the resignation of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

March 22, 2011

During a funeral procession in central Sanaa, Yemeni protesters carry the body of a comrade who was among 52 people killed by security forces in a violent crackdown last week on a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

March 22, 2011

A Yemeni army soldier checks a pedestrian as he and others stand guard to protect protesters attending a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Hani Mohammed / AP

March 22, 2011

A boy stands among women praying during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

March 18, 2011

A man fires his pistol in the air during a celebratory rally after the United Nations approved a no-fly zone over the country in Tobruk, Libya. Libya declared an immediate cease-fire after the U.N. vote but reports indicate that Moammar Gadhafi's forces were still shelling two cities.

Joe Raedle / Getty Images

March 18, 2011

People hold flags during a celebratory rally after the United Nations approved a no-fly zone over the country in Tobruk, Libya.

Joe Raedle / Getty Images

March 18, 2011

Libya's Foreign Minister Musa Kusa leaves after reading a statement to foreign journalists in Tripoli. "We decided on an immediate cease-fire and on an immediate stop to all military operations," he told reporters. Libya "takes great interest in protecting civilians," he said, adding that the country would also protect all foreigners and foreign assets in Libya.

Jerome Delay / AP

March 18, 2011

A boy holds a poster of Libya's leader Moammar Gaddafi during a protest in Tripoli.

Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

March 18, 2011

Protesters, seen through the Kingdom of Libya flag that the rebels have used, celebrate after a U.N. resolution authorizing a "no-fly" zone.

Suhaib Salem / Reuters

March 17, 2011

Mark Lyall Grant, the British ambassador to the United Nations, and Susan E. Rice, his U.S. counterpart, vote to approve a resolution that imposes a no-fly zone over Libya and authorizes other possible military action during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council in New York. The resolution passed 10 to 0, with five abstentions.

Jason DeCrow / Associated Press

March 17, 2011

Anti-government protesters gather during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, outside Sanaa University.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

March 17, 2011

Yemeni children peek through holes in a national flag during a protest against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

March 17, 2011

Yemeni demonstrators show the palms of their hands as protesters demand an end to the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

March 17, 2011

An anti-government protestor who guards the site of a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, watches pedestrians, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 15, 2011

A girl with the word, "Leave" written on her face protests against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital, Sanaa.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

March 15, 2011

Yemeni children protest against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule in the capital, Sanaa.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

March 15, 2011

Anti-government protesters throw a boy into the air during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 15, 2011

Israelis stand next to cardboard cutouts of captured Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit in Jerusalem. Traffic came to a standstill on major roads across Israel as activists held a nationwide five-minute protest to draw attention to the plight of a captured Israeli soldier still held by Palestinian militants. Schalit was captured nearly five years ago in a cross-border raid by Gaza militants, and successive Israeli governments have been unable to bring him home.

Tomer Appelbaum / AP

March 14, 2011

An anti-government protester chants slogans along with other demonstrators, reflected in his sunglasses, during a rally demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 14, 2011

A young Bahraini anti-government protester slips into a pair of plastic shoes from a collection on display at Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain, from those lost by people during Sunday's fierce clashes. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain on Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations that have sent waves of fear through Gulf states over the potential for enemy Iran to establish a new foothold on their doorsteps.

Hasan Jamali / AP

March 14, 2011

The coffin of al-Jazeera cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber is carried by relatives and well-wishers at Doha International airport. The al-Jazeera cameraman was killed in a shooting attack near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday, the first journalist slain in the nearly month-long conflict, the satellite station said.

Osama Faisal / AP

March 13, 2011

An anti-government protester joins demands for the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 8, 2011

Libyan rebel fighters run for cover as an airforce jet flying overhead drops a bomb on the outskirts of the oil-rich town of Ras Lanuf.

Marco Longari / AFP/Getty Images

March 8, 2011

Volunteers operate at the new media center headquarters in Benghazi, Libya that provides technical support to operating journalists, documents collected media material, communicates with foreign media and plans the media policy of the Libyan uprising in the "freed cities," says the manager of the center Dr. Mohammed Salem.

Nasser Nasser / AP

March 8, 2011

People pray during a protest against Libya's Moammar Gaddafi in Benghazi.

Suhaib Salem / Reuters

March 7, 2011

Yemenis protest against the regime of President Saleh after the embattled leader refused to resign by the end of 2010.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

March 6, 2011

An anti-government protester holds a flower as another waves the Bahrain flag outside the gates of Gudaibiya Palace in Manama, Bahrain where the office of Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is located. The prime minister's resignation is a key demand as protesters' call for reform in the strategic Persian Gulf nation.

Hasan Jamali / AP

March 6, 2011

Rebel fighters jump away from shrapnel during heavy shelling by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi near Bin Jawad.

Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

March 6, 2011

A child of an army soldier holds his gun in the air as pro-Gaddafi soldiers and supporters gather to celebrate in Tripoli, Libya. Thousands of Moammar Gaddafi's supporters poured into the streets, waving flags and firing their guns in the air in the Libyan leader's main stronghold, claiming overnight military successes.

Ben Curtis / AP

March 6, 2011

A rebel, wounded during the fighting against pro-Gaddafi forces, receives a treatment at a hospital in the Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf.

Hussein Malla / AP

March 6, 2011

Yemenis hold loaves of bread reading "Leave" in Arabic during a protest against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. The embattled leader refused to dismissed opposition calls for his resignation by the end of the year and vowed to stay on until 2013.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

March 5, 2011

A Libyan rebel who is part of the forces against leader Moammar Gaddafi salutes as he and others rally at a forward position in the village of Ben Jawad near the recently captured eastern oil town of Ras Lanuf.

Kevin Frayer / AP

March 5, 2011

Yemeni anti-government protesters gesture through gaps in their national flag during a rally demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

March 4, 2011

Anti-Gaddafi protesters in Benghazi, Libya, stand atop a truck carrying aid supplies from Egypt.

Hussein Malla / AP

March 4, 2011

A rebel fighter fires a cannon during a battle near Ras Lanuf, Libya. Heavily armed rebels clashed with forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi on the outskirts of the key oil terminal of Ras Lanuf, as the head of Libya's rebel council vowed "victory or death."

Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

March 4, 2011

A protester plays his guitar among fellow demonstrators during an anti-government rally in central Baghdad.

Saad Shalash / Reuters

March 4, 2011

Protesters pray during a demonstration in Baghdad.

Karim Kadim / AP

March 3, 2011

An anti-government protester holds out his arm, with the words "Get out" written on it, during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

March 2, 2011

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi waves from his personal cart in Tripoli after making a speech in which he sought to defuse tensions after more than 10 days of anti-government uprisings in Libya. Gaddafi, orchestrating a populist response to rebels threatening his rule, blamed al-Qaeda for creating turmoil and told applauding supporters that there was a conspiracy to control Libya and its oil.

Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

March 2, 2011

Rebel fighters advance on the front line against Libyan government forces in Al Brega, Libya. The rebels drove out troops loyal to Moammar Gaddafi from the coastal town after government forces had taken it overnight.

John Moore / Getty Images

March 2, 2011

Rebel fighters advance against Libyan government forces in Al Brega, Libya.

John Moore / Getty Images

March 2, 2011

Protesters wave a Kingdom of Libya flag atop a burnt state security building during protests in Benghazi. Many rebel-held cities across Libya, and some Libyan embassies, have raised the old flag to signal their independence from Moammar Gaddafi's rule.

Suhaib Salem / Reuters

March 1, 2011

Soldiers keep watch from armored vehicles at a roundabout after protesters dispersed in the northern industrial town of Sohar in Oman. Omani troops fired in the air, wounding one person, when they moved in to disperse a crowd demanding jobs and political reforms near the northern port of Sohar on the fourth day of protests, witnesses said.

Jumana El Heloueh / Reuters

Feb. 28, 2011

A protester steps on posters with defaced depictions of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi during a demonstration organized by students and supporters of the Shiite Amal movement against him and to express solidarity for Libyan protesters, near the U.N. headquarters in Beirut.

Mohamed Azakir / Reuters

Feb. 27, 2011

In this photo taken Sunday a truck burns in Sohar, Oman. Protesters set a supermarket ablaze and gathered in several sites in a seaside town in Oman on Monday in a third consecutive day of unrest that has included deadly clashes in the strategic Gulf nation. Security forces sealed off main roads to Sohar, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Muscat, in attempts to isolate the protesters and keep crowds from swelling. (AP Photo)

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Feb. 27, 2011

Anti-government tribal rebels prepare for possible attacks by pro-Gaddafi loyalists at a checkpoint in Ajdabiya area, southwest of Benghazi.

Asmaa Waguih / Reuters

March 6, 2011

Smoke rises from heavy shelling as Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi retreat during a with battle Gaddafi's troops outside the town of Bin Jawwad, eastern Libya.

Kevin Frayer / AP

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