The day in photos, February 4, 2011

Amos Lee performs Monday at Liberty Hall. Tickets are $22.50 in advance or $26.50 the day of the show.

Rep. Brenda Landwehr

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Lt. Col. Michael Loos, left, and Cmd. Sgt. Major Mio Franceschi share their experiences and insights from Afghanistan Thursday at the Dole Institute. The military training leaders are with the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Elementary students just out of school are quick to form snowballs as they head home from Prairie Park School on Thursday on a sidewalk still covered with snow.

photo by: Mike Yoder

City crews remove giant snow piles from the middle of Massachusetts Street Thursday morning. Trucks hauled the snow out of downtown to free up space for cars and pedestrians.

photo by: John Young

John Young/Journal-World Photo Natalie Liccardello, Kansas City, Mo., practices a scene from the play Dead Man’s Cell Phone during dress rehearsal Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 at the Lawrence Arts Center. The play is set to open Friday evening at the Lawrence Arts Center.

photo by: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo

Pro-government demonstrators, bottom, clash with anti-government demonstrators, top right, as a palm tree burns from a firebomb, in Tahrir Square, the center of anti-government demonstrations, in Cairo, Egypt, early today. Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo’s main square all day Wednesday, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence as soldiers stood by without intervening.