This is what Egypt looks like right now

Photos and videos from the ground on the 5th day of action in Cairo, Suez, Alexandria, and the rest of Egypt

Published January 29, 2011 9:30PM (EST)

Egyptians gesture as they stand atop an Egyptian army armored vehicle as they celebrate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters returned Saturday to the streets of central Cairo, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak and attacking police just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet and promised reforms but refused to step down. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)
Egyptians gesture as they stand atop an Egyptian army armored vehicle as they celebrate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters returned Saturday to the streets of central Cairo, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak and attacking police just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet and promised reforms but refused to step down. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

As Protests in Egypt continue to escalate, we're adding compelling images and video that might help you visualize the extent of the unrest.

Egyptian anti-government protesters pray in front of an Egyptian army tank during a protest in Tahrir square in Cairo. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

An Egyptian anti-government activist, wounded during clashes with police, poses for the photographer along with other protesters in Tahrir square. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

This combo shows an army officer, who joined anti-government protesters, tearing up a picture of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in downtown Cairo.

An Egyptian army soldier stands guard near antiquities of the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Egyptian protesters march in front of an army tank, past the Egyptian Museum in background. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian protesters lie on the ground while they are treated for injuries, in a mosque that was used as a make-shift triage clinic, during clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

An anti-government protester cries out after seeing the body of another who was shot by police moments before, in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Egyptians gesture as they stand atop an Egyptian army armored vehicle as they celebrate in downtown Cairo. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

An anti-government protester stands on top of a burnt-out APC vehicle in Tahrir Square. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

An Egyptian man surveys the fire damage at a burned and looted police station, in the Darb al Ahmar neighborhood of Cairo. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Egyptians carry the body of a protester who was killed during clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

An Egyptian anti-government protester jumps from a burned armored personnel carrier as an Egyptian army tank is seen in Tahrir square in Cairo. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: A protestor is shot.


By Adam Clark Estes

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