Photo gallery: The day in photos, February 9, 2011

The day in photos, February 9, 2011

photo by: AP Photo

Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters take part in a demonstration at Tahrir square in Cairo on Tuesday. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning Tahrir Square into a makeshift village with tens of thousands coming every day.

Three Jayhawk fans sport Kansas uniforms.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Lawrence firefighters stage outside a trailer fire at the Gaslight Village Tuesday. Six people were displaced after the fire erupted, totaling the trailer.

photo by: Nick Krug

A patron make his way to the Lawrence Public Library on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. City commissioners are scheduled to discuss the library design during Tuesday night's commission meeting.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Jefferson's, 743 Mass., was seized by the state Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 for failure to pay nearly $47,000 in taxes.

photo by: John Hanna | Associated Press

Kansas House rules committee chairman Clark Shultz, left, a Lindsborg Republican, consults with state Rep. Gary Hayzlett, right, a Lakin Republican, as Hayzlett presides over the House's debate on a bill trimming the current state budget, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Mohamed El-Hodiri, professor of economics at KU, left Egypt 52 years ago, but he’s still in touch with people there and visits regularly. His last trip back was in July, and he said young people were the instigators of the protests. “This is a young people movement. It’s a Facebook movement,” he said. “People thought in general that they don’t care. They got serious for some reason.”

photo by: Whitney Mathews

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