Gallery: An Intimate Look at Egypt's Youth in Ongoing Revolution
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*Crowds erupted in jubilation at the news of Mr. Mubarak's resignation in Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 11, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times* - Ed Ou02
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*Egyptian activist Khaled Yahia, 19 (left), sleeps after a long night of editing video while Lina Megahed, 20, updates their Tahrir Square Facebook page in an apartment in Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 8, 2011. Both were part of a group of Egyptian youth who were collecting testimonies and voices of the protesters in Tahrir Square and publishing them on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times*
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*Anti-Mubarak protesters clash with pro-Mubarak protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 3, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times* - Ed Ou04
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*Egyptian activists Hana El-Rakhawi, 18, and Menna Elshishini, 17 (left), carry soup to distribute to protesters in Tahrir Square in the middle of the night in Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 7, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times*
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*In the night and early morning before the "March of the Millions," 23-year-old university student Rami Essam sings and plays his guitar for onlookers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 1, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times* - Ed Ou06
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*Crowds erupted in jubilation at the news of Mr. Mubarak's resignation in Cairo, Egypt Feb. 11, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times*
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*Members of the Libyan opposition work on computers, gathering video and photos to distribute in a government building they took over in Benghazi, Libya on Feb. 24, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times* - Ed Ou08
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*Revolutionaries prepare their outfits near the High Court in Benghazi, Libya on Feb. 24, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times*
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*A man walks across the highway at the entrance of Masa, Libya on Feb. 28, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times* - Ed Ou10
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*A family picks wildflowers in an open field in Gaminus, Libya on March 12, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times*
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*Youth play a game of pool as Colonel Muammar el-Qadaffi is shown on Al Jazeera in a cafe in Darna, Libya on March 7, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times* - Ed Ou12
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*Children play on domes on the rooftop of the Sahaba Mosque in Darna, Libya on March 7, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times*
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*A member of the opposition prays for safety as he stands guard holding a surface-to-air missile launcher to protect from incoming planes near the Mediterranean Sea in Benghazi, Libya on March 2, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times* - Ed Ou14
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*Saudi youth dangle precariously on an unprotected ledge atop the Faisaliah Tower, taking photos of themselves on their mobile phones in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 23, 2011.* *Photo: Ed Ou/The New York Times*
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