Clockwise from top left: President Mubarak meeting with Bush; with former Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer; demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians rocked the country's streets, Cairo University was a flashpoint for such protests; the NDP's 8th Congress promised to revive political life in Egypt

Clockwise from top left: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opening; robot probe inside the Khufu Pyramid; Nefertari's recovered head; the Egyptian Museum celebrates its 100th anniversary

From top: Over 800 passengers were killed in the inferno of the Aswan-bound train; The EgyptAir carrier broke in half over the hills in Tunisia; A vendetta killing shattered the calm of a small village in Sohag; Middle: Ibrahim; El-Filali; Below from left: El-Wakil; El-Tayel; Former governor El-Guindi and former minister El-Gharib photos: Khaled El-Fiqi, Mohamed Moss'ad, Medhat Abdel-Maguid and Magdi Abdel-Sayed