It seems the turmoil in Egypt is far from over as hundreds of thousands (if not more than a million) protesters rallied on Friday to reject the military's removal and arrest of President Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
Egypt's health ministry reports that 17 people were killed and more 200 were injured in clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi protesters on Friday.
You can watch live feeds from the protests here, and Business Insider has a correspondent on the ground.
Some of the most intense clashes came on the October 6th bridge in Cairo, where gun shots were heard and a car has been set ablaze.
Dramatic scenes on Cairo's October 6th bridge. Running street battles, Molotov cocktails thrown #Egyptpic.twitter.com/pAAHMZTIbS— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) July 5, 2013
And it appears the military and police stayed out of this one.
Earlier today an AFP correspondent in Egypt reported that three people have been killed and others wounded after gunfire erupted outside the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard.
AFP also reported that unidentified gunmen kill two Egyptian policemen guarding a government building in the northern Sinai town of Al-Arish, while Reuters reported that on Thursday about 80 people were injured in Zagazig, a Nile delta city where Morsi has a family home.
Reuters reported that the Cairo incident occurred as several hundred supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi tried to march towards the military barracks where he is reportedly held.
Phone: Friend confirms both sides have weapons and are using them against each other. #Cairo#Egypt— Sima Diab (@SimaDiab) July 5, 2013
Here's how Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara describes the overall situation:
"In a sense there is a major deadlock leading to a turmoil. We are in the middle of it, every hour we see an escalation, a bit of violence, polarization is escalating. ...We are still witnessing the back-and-forth of what happened two years ago."
AFP in Cairo noted that shooting could be heard coming from both the Republican Guard and the protesters. There is a video of the shooting (WARNING: Graphic) and it looks like one of the men may have been shot from behind (the military was in front fo him).
The Republican Guard, the senior-most Corps in the Egyptian Army and one of its largest Divisional commands, is an armored division with the main responsibility to defending the Capital of the Republic (mainly the major government and strategic industrial institutions).
RT: BBC VIDEO "I saw barrels of guns lowered and shooting into the crowd" - @BowenBBC witnessed Egypt army firing pic.twitter.com/WBlde6sBe9— Tony Karon (@TonyKaron) July 5, 2013
Clashes have erupted, reportedly involving live ammunition, in Alexandria between supporters of ex-Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and those who support the military's power move to oust him.
One of the pictures floating around purporting to be a massive Pro-Morsi march is actually from an anti-Morsi march from last week.
But there are credible photos from the ground that show a large Pro-Morsi crowd on the streets of Egypt's second largest city.
A huge crowd just passed by the street where i am in mahatet Masr in old #Alexandria"down down with military rule" they chant #Egypt— shaimaa khalil (@Shaimaakhalil) July 5, 2013
pro-Morsi protest in #Alexandria (can't confirm which area though) (via Asma Samir) #Egyptpic.twitter.com/J2g5H1IKW5— Amro Ali (@_amroali) July 5, 2013
Report from @Repent11: Security forces trying to contain clashes in Alexandria after firing tear gas. #Egypt— Patrick deHahn (@patrickdehahn) July 5, 2013
Now at #Alexandria#Egypt Anti-coup protesters pic.twitter.com/PZzHE5KRHf— Legitimacy = Dignity (@zehzahi) July 5, 2013
On Wednesday Morsi was overthrown by the military in what was effectively a coup.
Military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi subsequently appointed Adly Mansour, who is the chief justice of Egypt's constitutional court, as the country's leader.
He also called for presidential and then parliamentary elections, the establishment of a panel to rewrite the constitution, a national reconciliation committee that would include youth movements, and a national coalition cabinet.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, and other senior Muslim Brotherhood figures are in detention, and arrests warrants have been issued for some 300 others.
Here is a Pro-Morsi rally in Cairo:
Here's the same place a few hours earlier, and it looks like it grew considerably as the day turned to night:
Here's what this will mean for Egyptians tomorrow, according toAl Jazeera's Marwan Bishara:
"Once people lose their capacity to live their lives normally, that means people would be pleading for any sense of order, and for whatever security they could get."
SEE ALSO: LIVE FROM CAIRO: The City Braces Itself For The 'Day Of Rejection'