Egypt Protests: The Week In Review (30 Jan 2011 - 06 Feb 2011) Video Inside
The ongoing Egyptian anti-government protests have dominated the global headlines for more than a week as protesters continue calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down.
As the demonstrations entered their second week, they were plagued by violence, with journalists and human rights advocates coming under attack, reportedly by pro-government forces. Meanwhile, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak unveiled a new cabinet in an effort to quell the protests, before declaring he wouldn't seek another term in the upcoming September elections. Doubtful protesters nonetheless held a "Day of Departure" Friday in an effort to expedite Mubarak's resignation.
Take a look at some key events in the second week of protests across Egypt here:
Democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei arrives in Cairo's Tahrir Square to address the crowd, telling them: "You have taken back your rights and what we have begun cannot go back ... We have one main demand - the end of the regime and the beginning of a new stage, a new Egypt."
In an effort to quell days of mass uprising against him and the government, Mubarak swears in a new cabinet. The cabinet included Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik along with a new interior minister and fresh faces in the key economic ministries.
Mubarak declares he will surrender power in September, offering a mixture of concessions and defiance in his televised statement.
Troops make no attempt to intervene as violence breaks out between pro- and anti-Mubarak groups in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Anti-government protesters say the attackers were police in civilian clothes.
In the northeast, 4,000 people start a march in Suez calling for Mubarak to step down. In Ismailia, 2,000 hold a similar demonstration.
The protests in Cairo become increasingly violent, including attacks on reporters and human rights activists. Organizers called for protesters trying to topple the regime to fill every square in the huge capital the following day
Newly-appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman tells Egyptians in a nationwide television address that the protesters' demands are "legitimate" and that he has set up a "road map" to implement those demands.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill Cairo's giant Tahrir Square for the traditional Muslim midday prayer in a show of force that many hoped would be the push that finally gets Mubarak to resign