Marking the third anniversary of the uprising, as well as National Police Day
Government-led events on Cairo's Tahrir Square

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Participants hold flag, picture of General Abdel Fateh el Sissi, (Hamada Elrasam for VOA).

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Some youth donned masks of General Sissi, (Hamada Elrasam for VOA).

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Security was especially tight, after a series of bombings ripped through the capital Friday, (Hamada Elrasam for VOA).

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Security is heavy in and around Tahrir square as Egypt is still tense on the 3rd anniversary of the 2011 revolution that forced long-time autocrat Hosni Mubarak to step down, Jan. 25, 2014 (Elizabeth Arrott/VOA)..