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Egypt: iconic photo of protester kissing guard during demonstrations

This amazing photograph by Lefteris Pitarakis for AP is making the Twitter/Facebook/blog rounds today:

An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

Full size image here.

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