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Couples gather in the evening on Cairo's Qasr el-Nil Bridge.
Olivia Arthur / Magnum for TIME

Lover's Bridge
Couples gather in the evening on Cairo's Qasr el-Nil Bridge. Though there are no chaperones present, there are police, and public dispays of affection are not allowed in general. Couples who retire to a more private park nearby are watched by a man with a whistle.

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