Yesterday, Egyptian security forces launched a scorched-earth offensive against backers of ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi. More than 500 people died and at least 3,300 were injured in the crackdown—the deadliest since Morsi’s ouster.
Pro-Morsi demonstrators don gas masks.
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Morsi supporters rally to protest his ouster.
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An injured protester in the camp at Raba’a al-Adaweya
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The charred remains of a vehicle in Cairo’s Nasr City
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Morsi supporters clash with government loyalists at Nahda Square.
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A fire rages in a protest tent.
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Abandoned vehicles in central Cairo
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An Egyptian woman mourns in what’s left of the camp at Raba’a al-Adaweya.
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Policemen carry a wounded officer.
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Bloody concrete outside a tent in the camp at Raba’a al-Adaweya
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A policeman with swimming goggles on guard near the camp at Raba’a al-Adaweya
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Demonstrators help a wounded man near the camp at Raba’a al-Adaweya.
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An Egyptian man kisses his dead brother inside al-Eman mosque.
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An Egyptian man sits beside the body of a dead relative inside al-Eman mosque.
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A visitor surveys the devastation inside Raba’a al-Adaweya mosque.
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A charred copy of the Koran
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A Malaysian girl prays while holding a poster of Morsi during a rally outside the Egyptian embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
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