From top: 35 Abbas El-Akkad Street falls like a house of cards; workers search for survivors and the injured are rushed to hospital; the crowds gather to gawk; prayers for the victims and a military funeral for the fallen rescue workers

(photos: Saad Faggennour, Youssri Aql, Hassan Shawqi, Moatez Abdel-Haq, Kamal El-Garnoussi)