Protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. The confrontations with police are the most violent manifestation so far of growing anger at the military-led interim government. (Moises Saman/The New York Times)

It was interesting to compare the two versions Moises Saman filed of the same photograph of a protester standing by a burning car during clashes near Tahrir Square before parliamentary elections. Denver Post published the colour version in a ‘straight reportage’ group series titled Captured: Violence in Egypt, while New York Times published the black and white version in a more considered essay titled Cairo Undone.

A protester stands by a burning car during clashes near Tahrir Square before parliamentary elections. (Moises Saman/The New York Times)