# Cairo · 8 June 2016 > Photos and videos from Cairo on 8 June 2016. ## Facts - **What:** Cairo · 8 June 2016 (News story) - **Where:** [Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/cairo) - **When:** 2016-06-08 – 2016-06-09 - **Media:** 37 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes - **Credit:** © apaimages / Amr Sayed - **Licensing:** Editorial licenses on request: https://apa.atyaf.co/pricing (sales@apa.atyaf.co). Previews are watermarked. - **Canonical URL:** https://apa.atyaf.co/story/cairo-2016-06-08 - **Last updated:** 2026-10-20T21:06:30+00:00 - **Arabic version:** https://apa.atyaf.co/ar/story/cairo-2016-06-08 ## Media in this story - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013731) — APA-PH-2016-013731 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013732) — APA-PH-2016-013732 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013733) — APA-PH-2016-013733 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013734) — APA-PH-2016-013734 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013735) — APA-PH-2016-013735 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013736) — APA-PH-2016-013736 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013737) — APA-PH-2016-013737 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013738) — APA-PH-2016-013738 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013739) — APA-PH-2016-013739 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013740) — APA-PH-2016-013740 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013741) — APA-PH-2016-013741 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013742) — APA-PH-2016-013742 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013743) — APA-PH-2016-013743 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013744) — APA-PH-2016-013744 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013745) — APA-PH-2016-013745 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013746) — APA-PH-2016-013746 · photo · 2016-06-08 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Friday local market in southern Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013768) — APA-PH-2016-013768 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013769) — APA-PH-2016-013769 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013770) — APA-PH-2016-013770 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013771) — APA-PH-2016-013771 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013772) — APA-PH-2016-013772 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013773) — APA-PH-2016-013773 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013774) — APA-PH-2016-013774 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013775) — APA-PH-2016-013775 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013776) — APA-PH-2016-013776 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013777) — APA-PH-2016-013777 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013778) — APA-PH-2016-013778 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013779) — APA-PH-2016-013779 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013780) — APA-PH-2016-013780 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013781) — APA-PH-2016-013781 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013782) — APA-PH-2016-013782 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013783) — APA-PH-2016-013783 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013784) — APA-PH-2016-013784 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013785) — APA-PH-2016-013785 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013786) — APA-PH-2016-013786 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013787) — APA-PH-2016-013787 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark... - [Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-013788) — APA-PH-2016-013788 · photo · 2016-06-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian Muslim worshipers perform "Taraweeh", nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan, at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo, Egypt on June 08, 2016. Ramadan is sacred to Muslims because it is during that month that tradition says the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark...