1 of 9 BBC News Online reader Joanna Oyediran sent in this picture of a man sewing in his tentmaker's shop in a Cairo market.
2 of 9 Eldar Kurbanov captured this unusual sculpture of the crucifixion at Cairo's Modern Art Museum.
3 of 9 Kadri Kousaar snapped this image of an ancient pyramid soaring over modern houses in a Cairo suburb.
4 of 9 Ihab Soliman sent in this picture of a vendor known affectionately as "Uncle Fahmy", who has sold snacks to university students on their campus for decades.
5 of 9 A boy grins at Medha Devanagondi's as he takes his sailing boat down the Nile...
6 of 9 ... while these boys scramble to look at a tourist's camera in Victoria Belyavskaya's picture.
7 of 9 An exhausted camel rider snatches a quick nap as he waits for tourists in Justine Wood-Massoud's picture.
8 of 9 A man precariously balances a tray of bread on his head as he walks up steps on a bridge in John Giancarlo's image.
9 of 9 A group of beaming Egyptian schoolchildren jostle to get in the picture taken by in John Wreford.