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Lieutenant-General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, middle, is flanked by military and civilian leaders – including reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei, far left; Tamarod leader Mahmoud Badr, second left; the Grand Sheik of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, third from right; and Pope Tawadros II, second from right – as he addresses the nation on Egyptian state television Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The armed forces ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, after just a year in power.The Associated Press

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A soldier carries barbed wire fencing near army soldiers taking positions in front of anti-Morsi protesters near the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo July 3, 2013.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Egyptian Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 3, 2013.MANU BRABO/The Associated Press

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Anti-Morsi protesters dance and react in front of the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo on July 3, 2013.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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An Egyptian opposition protester holds a chair and knife during a clash between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi in downtown Damietta, Egypt, on July 3, 2013.HAMADA ELRASAM/The Associated Press

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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters react in Cairo after the army’s statements on Mr. Morsi’s fall from power were read out on state TV.KHALED ABDULLAH/Reuters

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Anti-Morsi protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square on July 3, 2013.SUHAIB SALEM/Reuters

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Anti-Morsi protesters celebrate outside the presidential palace in Cairo on July 3, 2013.HASSAN AMMAR/The Associated Press

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Anti-Morsi protesters celebrate outside the presidential palace in Cairo on July 3, 2013.HASSAN AMMAR/The Associated Press

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Military special forces stand guard at a street after Egypt’s military chief announced Mr. Morsi’s ouster on July 3, 2013.KHALIL HAMRA/The Associated Press

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Fireworks light the sky moments after Egypt's military chief announced Mr. Morsi’s ouster.NARIMAN EL-MOFTY/The Associated Press

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Egyptians wave a national flag as fireworks light the sky over Tahrir Square on July 3, 2013.AMR NABIL/The Associated Press

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Egyptians wave national flags as fireworks light the sky over Tahrir Square on July 3, 2013.AMR NABIL/The Associated Press

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Members of the Egyptian diplomatic corps and anti-government supporters celebrate the removal from office of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in front of the Egyptian embassy in Amman on July 3, 2013.MUHAMMAD HAMED/Reuters

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Men wave Egyptian flags on the street in the Queens borough of New York on July 3, 2013.CARLO ALLEGRI/Reuters

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