A demonstrator looks on with a sticker reading 'I am against the military courts for civilians' taped over his mouth at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept. 30. Several thousand Egyptians are protesting against the country's military rulers' decision to retain the much-hated emergency laws used throughout the reign of ousted President Hosni Mubarak to give police almost unquestionable powers to operate.
PHOTO: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters