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10 Striking Photos From Day Of Clashes In Egypt

10 Striking Photos From Day Of Clashes In Egypt
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On Wednesday, Egyptian security forces stormed two sit-in camps occupied by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, turning much of Cairo into a battlefield.

In the resulting uproar, more than 200 people were killed nationwide, according to the country's health ministry.

Take a look at ten stunning, heartbreaking photos shot in Egypt today.

WARNING: Some readers may find the images disturbing.

A protester comforts a wounded colleague after Egyptian security forces began to clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)

An Egyptian woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from going forward as Egyptian security forces moved in to disperse Morsi supporters. (MOHAMMED ABDEL MONEIM/AFP/Getty Images)

A bullet hole is seen in the front of a gas mask belonging to a Morsi supporter in Cairo's Nasr City district. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

A police vehicle topples off the 6th of October bridge in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo. (AP Photo/Aly Hazzaa, El Shorouk Newspaper). See more photos and video of the incident here.

Belongings of protesters remains after security forces moved to clear the smaller camp of Morsi supporters, near Cairo University, Giza, Cairo. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper)

The national identity cards of protesters allegedly killed during a clear-out operation by Egyptian Security Forces on pro-Morsi demonstrators are exchanged at the Rabaa al-Adaweya Medical Centre in the Nasr City district. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)

Feet from the bodies of Morsi supporters lie on the floor of the Rabaa al-Adaweya Medical Centre in the Nasr City district on August 14, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)

A Morsi supporter shouts during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district, Egypt. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

An Egyptian security force kicks a supporter of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)

A member of the Egyptian security forces holds up a copy of the Quran they clear the smaller of the two pro-Morsi sit-ins, near the Cairo University campus in Giza, Cairo. (AP Photo/Imad Abdul Rahman)

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Before You Go

Key Events In Egypt
Jan. 25 - Feb. 11, 2011(01 of30)
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Egyptians stage nationwide demonstrations against nearly 30 years of President Hosni Mubarak's rule. Hundreds of protesters are killed as Mubarak and his allies try to crush the uprising.Anti-government protestors continue to defy the curfew in Tahrir Square on February 1, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Feb. 11(02 of30)
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Mubarak steps down and the military takes over. The army dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution, meeting two key demands of protesters.In this Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 file photo taken from Egyptian television, Egypt's vice president Omar Suleiman makes the announcement that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down from office, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Egypt TV, File) (credit:AP)
Nov. 28, 2011 - Feb 15, 2012(03 of30)
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Egypt holds multistage parliamentary elections. In the lawmaking lower house, the Muslim Brotherhood wins nearly half the seats, and ultraconservative Salafis take another quarter. The remainder goes to liberal, independent and secular politicians. In the largely powerless upper house, Islamists take nearly 90 percent of the seats.A woman places her vote in the ballot box at a polling station in the Shubra district on the second day of voting on November 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
May 23 - 24, 2012 (04 of30)
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The first round of voting in presidential elections has a field of 13 candidates. The Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under Mubarak, emerge as the top two finishers, to face each other in a runoff.Polling center officials sort ballots for counting following the second day of Egypt's presidential election on May 24, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
June 14(05 of30)
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The Supreme Constitutional Court orders the dissolving of the lower house of parliament.A security officer stands outside the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, on February 3, 2013 as Egypt's top court postponed until March 3, a ruling on the legality of the Islamist-dominated commission that drafted a contested new constitution, state media reported. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
June 16 - 17(06 of30)
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Egyptians vote in the presidential runoff between Morsi and Shafiq. Morsi wins with 51.7 percent of the vote.Egyptian women check for their names on an electoral list at a polling station on June 17, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
June 30(07 of30)
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Morsi takes his oath of office.In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, stands with judges Farouk Sultan, left, and Maher el-Beheiri, right, as he is sworn in at the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Fouad, Egyptian Presidency) (credit:AP)
Nov. 19(08 of30)
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Members of liberal parties and representatives of Egypt's churches withdraw from the 100-member assembly writing the constitution, protesting attempts by Islamists to impose their will.A Coptic Christian monk holds a Coptic cross at Al-Mahraq monastery during the preparation of a religious festival in Assiut, Upper Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (credit:AP)
Nov. 22(09 of30)
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Morsi unilaterally decrees greater powers for himself, giving his decisions immunity from judicial review and barring the courts from dissolving the constituent assembly and the upper house of parliament. The move sparks days of protests.Thousands of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi supporters gather outside the presidential palace in Cairo on November 23, 2012. (AHMED MAHMOUD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Nov. 30(10 of30)
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Islamists in the constituent assembly rush to complete the draft of the constitution. Morsi sets a Dec. 15 date for a referendum.A view of Cairo's Tahrir Square taken on November 29, 2012 shows tents set up by protesters on the third day of protest over Egyptian President Morsi's decision to grant himself sweeping powers until the new constitution is ratified in a referendum. (MAHMOUD kHALED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Dec. 4(11 of30)
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More than 100,000 protesters march on the presidential palace, demanding the cancellation of the referendum and the writing of a new constitution. The next day, Islamists attack an anti-Morsi sit-in, sparking street battles that leave at least 10 dead.Egyptian protesters chant anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a rally in front of the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (credit:AP)
Dec. 15, Dec. 22(12 of30)
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In the two-round referendum, Egyptians approve the constitution, with 63.8 percent voting in favor. Turnout is low.A man dips his finger on an ink pad to mark his having voted during a referendum on the new Egyptian constitution at a polling station on December 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Jan. 25, 2013(13 of30)
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Hundreds of thousands hold protests against Morsi on the 2-year anniversary of the start of the revolt against Mubarak, and clashes erupt in many places.An Egyptian protester wearing empty tear gas canisters around his neck carries an Egyptian flag during a demonstration in Tahrir Square on January 25, in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). (credit:Getty Images)
Feb. - March 2013 (14 of30)
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Protests rage in Port Said and other cities for weeks, with dozens more dying in clashes.Egyptian mourners carry body of Abdelhalim Mehana who was killed during clashes with riot police on March 4, during his funeral procession in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on March 8, 2013, a day before a court is to issue verdicts over the killing of people in a football riot there. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
April 7 (15 of30)
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A Muslim mob attacks the main cathedral of the Coptic Orthodox Church as Christians hold a funeral and protest there over four Christians killed in sectarian violence the day before. Pope Tawadros II publicly blames Morsi for failing to protect the building.Unidentified Egyptians throw stones towards Coptic Christians during sectarian clashes outside the Egyptian Coptic cathedral in Cairo's Abbassiya neighbourhood on April 7, 2013. (AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
June 23(16 of30)
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A mob beats to death four Egyptian Shiites in a village on the outskirts of Cairo.Egyptians carry the coffin of a Shiite following funeral prayers in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (credit:AP)
June 30(17 of30)
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Millions of Egyptians demonstrate on Morsi's first anniversary in office, calling on him to step down. Eight people are killed in clashes outside the Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters.Egyptian opposition protesters chant during a demonstration in Tahrir Square as part of the 'Tamarod' campaign on June 30, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). (credit:Getty Images)
July 1(18 of30)
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Huge demonstrations continue, and Egypt's powerful military gives the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve their disputes, or it will impose its own solution.Fireworks light the sky as hundreds of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators gather outside the presidential palace in Cairo during a protest calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on June 30, 2013. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
July 2 (19 of30)
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Military officials disclose main details of the army's plan if no agreement is reached: replacing Morsi with an interim administration, canceling the Islamist-based constitution and calling elections in a year. Morsi delivers a late-night speech in which he pledges to defend his legitimacy and vows not to step down.Egyptian opposition protesters demonstrate at the Egyptian Presidential Palace in the suburb of Heliopolis on July 2, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
July 3(20 of30)
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Egypt's military chief announces that Morsi has been deposed, to be replaced by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court until new presidential elections. No time frame is given. Muslim Brotherhood leaders are arrested. Tens of thousands of Morsi supporters remain camped out in two mass sit-ins in Cairo's streets.Egyptian Army soldiers patrol the streets outside Cairo University after a broadcast confirming that the army will temporarily be taking over from the country's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. (MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
July 4(21 of30)
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Supreme Constitutional Court Chief Justice Adly Mansour is sworn in as Egypt's interim president.Egypt's chief justice Adly Mansour prepares to swear in as the nation's interim president Thursday, July 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (credit:AP)
July 5(22 of30)
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Mansour dissolves the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament as Morsi's supporters stage mass protests demanding his return. Clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi groups in Cairo and Alexandria, and violence elsewhere leave at least 36 dead. A Brotherhood strongman, deputy head Khairat el-Shater, is arrested.An anti-Mohammed Morsi protester is attended to after allegedly being shot by Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Tahrir Square during fighting between the two camps on July 5, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
July 8(23 of30)
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Egyptian soldiers open fire on pro-Morsi demonstrators in front of a military base in Cairo, killing more than 50. Each side blames the other for starting the clash near the larger of the two sit-ins, near east Cairo's Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque. Mansour puts forward a time line for amending the constitution and electing a new president and parliament by mid-February. The Brotherhood refuses to participate in the process.A man reacts after seeing the body of a family member at the Liltaqmeen al-Sahy Hospital in Cairo's Nasr City district, allegedly killed during a shooting at the site of a pro-Morsi sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Egyptian Republican Guard on July 8, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
July 9(24 of30)
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Mansour appoints economist Hazem el-Beblawi as prime minister and opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei as vice president. A military announcement backs up the appointments.In this Tuesday, July 9, 2013 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Hazem el-Beblawi meets with interim President Adly Mansour, unseen, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File) (credit:AP)
July 26(25 of30)
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Millions pour into the streets of Egypt after a call by the country's military chief for protesters to give him a mandate to stop "potential terrorism" by supporters of Morsi. Five people are killed in clashes. Prosecutors announce Morsi is under investigation for a host of allegations including murder and conspiracy with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.Supporters of the Egyptian Army take part in a demonstration at Tahrir Square on July 26, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). (credit:Getty Images)
July 27(26 of30)
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Security forces and armed men in civilian clothes clash with Morsi supporters outside the larger of the two major sit-ins in Cairo, killing at least 80 people.A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi prays prior to the 'iftar' fast-breaking meal at a sit-in protest at the Rabaa al Adweya Mosque in the Nasr City district on July 28, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). (credit:Getty Images)
July 30(27 of30)
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The EU's top diplomat Catherine Ashton holds a two-hour meeting with detained Morsi at an undisclosed location. She is one of a number of international envoys, including U.S. Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, to visit Egypt to attempt to resolve the crisis.This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim Vice President Mohamed El Baradei, right, making remarks at a joint news conference with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency) (credit:AP)
Aug 7(28 of30)
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Egypt's presidency says that diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve the standoff between the country's military-backed interim leadership and the Muslim Brotherhood have failed.Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi attend the Eid al-Fitr dawn prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (credit:AP)
Aug 11(29 of30)
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Egyptian security forces announce that they will besiege the two sit-ins within 24 hours to bar people from entering.Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi (portrait) cheer during a football match between the two main Cairo protest camps by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and backers of the ousted Islamist leader set up at the Nahda and Rabaa al-Adawiya squares, on August 11, 2013 in Cairo's al-Nahda square. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Aug 12(30 of30)
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Authorities postpone plans to take action against the camps, saying they want to avoid bloodshed after Morsi supporters reinforce the sit-ins with thousands more protesters.Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi (portrait) demonstrate outside the High Court in Cairo on August 12, 2013. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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