Egypt’s week of civil unrest reached a boiling point earlier today, when the military-imposed 48 hour deadline for President Morsi to step down came and went. After the deadline passed at 10:30 EST, tanks and soliders started rolling through the country as the administration called it a “military coup,” though the term has been denied by the opposition.
Here are some stunning photos of the military occupations on the streets of Cairo.
***URGENT* Extremely tense scene in Central #Cairo as army troops line a major throughfare Asr el Nile Bridge #Egypt pic.twitter.com/dYZikpyBMF
— Amr 30 Jun:end MB (@Cairo67Unedited) July 3, 2013
Hundreds of soldiers, many tanks, APCs reportedly deployed in #Cairo; pic via @kfahim pic.twitter.com/HiI96p2VPv http://t.co/Lrd1LXvRK1
— RT (@RT_com) July 3, 2013
Photo taken right now from our offices of army deploying on Gam3a Bridge in Giza. #Egypt #Army pic.twitter.com/UDk4wIC8jT
— CairoScene.com (@CairoScene) July 3, 2013
Presidential palace right now: Anti #Morsi protesters jubilantly shouting "er7al" get out Morsi #Egypt pic.twitter.com/1hIOKqxW3y
— Bel Trew – بل ترو (@Beltrew) July 3, 2013
This is what #Egypt's #TahrirSquare looks like today: (Phoo: Reuters/Suhaib Salem): For more: http://t.co/xHAYYIXjlB pic.twitter.com/6TeZGsyrEH
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 3, 2013
Iskenderiye'den dehset bir resim Whoa. RT @JuddLegum: Absolutely stunning image of the protests in Alexandria, Egypt pic.twitter.com/RxyMkv0wBk
— ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) July 3, 2013
BREAKING PHOTO: @kfahim: "Military vehicles heading in direction of pro-Morsi rally" in Egypt pic.twitter.com/bUz8NiUQX0
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) July 3, 2013
#EgyArmy #Egypt Via @haiderghaleb Army is closing tayaran street now both ways #egypt #nasrcity pic.twitter.com/GOwspG1qCx
— Ana Mubasher (@Ana_Mubasher) July 3, 2013
Ittihadiya getting absolutely packed #egypt pic.twitter.com/DfDk9T4AHb
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) July 3, 2013
DB investor presentation on Egypt. bit understated. http://t.co/t0oOpWkwdP
— Paweł Morski (@Pawelmorski) July 3, 2013
#Egypt live blog: As the countdown reaches zero, #MB supporters are praying. [Reuters] http://t.co/87iOwQpUpg pic.twitter.com/86Fg1IjI7z
— AJELive (@AJELive) July 3, 2013