TROUBLED TIMES

19th July 2013

TROUBLED TIMES

Egypt has traditionally been a leading tourist destination. But revenue from tourism, one of the country’s main sources of foreign currency, has fallen sharply as political tensions spilled over into new protests, which precipitated a military takeover, followed by more, and more violent, protests. Pictured above is a lone police officer walking along a road at the pyramids of Giza complex in Cairo – a site that is usually a major tourist attraction. (Photograph by Shawn Baldwin for Bloomberg)