Protesters carry a coffin draped in the Tunisian flag representing martyr Mohamed Bouazizi on January 24, 2011 in Tunis, Tunisia.
Protesters carry a coffin draped in the Tunisian flag representing martyr Mohamed Bouazizi on January 24, 2011 in Tunis, Tunisia.
Former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali (R) talks with Syrian President Bashar al- Al Assad (L) in Tunis on July 12, 2010. After three weeks of violent protests over rising unemployment rates, poverty levels, inflation and government repression, Ben Ali fleed the country for Saudi Arabia on January 14.
Former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali (R) talks with Syrian President Bashar al- Al Assad (L) in Tunis on July 12, 2010. After three weeks of violent protests over rising unemployment rates, poverty levels, inflation and government repression, Ben Ali fleed the country for Saudi Arabia on January 14.
Inhabitants of the central Tunisia region of Sidi Bouzid who slept overnight near the office of the Tunisian Prime Minister in Tunis on January 24, 2011 call for the government to resign.
Inhabitants of the central Tunisia region of Sidi Bouzid who slept overnight near the office of the Tunisian Prime Minister in Tunis on January 24, 2011 call for the government to resign.
Tunisians hold banners during a rally on February 14, 2011 in Tunis on Valentine's Day celebrating a month of freedom.
Tunisians hold banners during a rally on February 14, 2011 in Tunis on Valentine's Day celebrating a month of freedom.
Bouazizi's brother Salem (L), his mother Manoubia (C) and his sister Leila meet with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (not pictured) on March 22, 2011 in Tunis. The U.N. chief arrived in Tunisia late on March 21 to meet the country's transitional authorities.
Bouazizi's brother Salem (L), his mother Manoubia (C) and his sister Leila meet with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (not pictured) on March 22, 2011 in Tunis. The U.N. chief arrived in Tunisia late on March 21 to meet the country's transitional authorities.
A Tunisian celebrates the dissolution by a Tunisian court of the Rally for Constitutional Democacy (RCD), the former governing party of Tunisia's deposed leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in front of the palace of justice in Tunis after the announcement of the court's ruling on March 09, 2011.
A Tunisian celebrates the dissolution by a Tunisian court of the Rally for Constitutional Democacy (RCD), the former governing party of Tunisia's deposed leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in front of the palace of justice in Tunis after the announcement of the court's ruling on March 09, 2011.
A Somali family sit in a tent at a United Nations displacement camp on March 11, 2011 in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. Tens of thousands of guest workers from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries fled to the Tunisian border to escape fighting in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
A Somali family sit in a tent at a United Nations displacement camp on March 11, 2011 in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. Tens of thousands of guest workers from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries fled to the Tunisian border to escape fighting in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
Tunisians show pictures of relatives who died during the revolution at a rally on March 19, 2011 in Tunis.
Tunisians show pictures of relatives who died during the revolution at a rally on March 19, 2011 in Tunis.
A beggar walks past election posters on October 19, 2011 in Tunis. Tunisians swore in a new president, secularist former human rights activist Moncef Marzouki on December 13.
A beggar walks past election posters on October 19, 2011 in Tunis. Tunisians swore in a new president, secularist former human rights activist Moncef Marzouki on December 13.