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Building Barriers
Photograph by Virginie Nguyen Hoang/AFP/Getty Images
Egypt seems ever more divided between backers of its military-dominated government and supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Security forces, in the name of fighting "terrorists" from the Morsi-affiliated Muslim Brotherhood, have killed many hundreds of people. An Egyptian court, meanwhile, this week ordered the release of former president Hosni Mubarak, who was jailed in 2011. In the photo shown here, Egyptian soldiers adjust barbed wire around the Supreme Constitutional Court ahead of planned demonstrations.
Published August 21, 2013
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Sacred Ashes
Photograph courtesy of Rex Features via AP Images
This photo shows the charred remains of a church in Egypt, apparently torched by Islamists. Enraged by the military crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, vigilantes have scapegoated the country's Christian minority, attacking and burning dozens of churches.
Published August 21, 2013
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War Footing
Photograph by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
Egyptian flags cover the coffins of 25 policemen killed near the border town of Rafah in the Sinai Peninsula. The attack, carried out by suspected Islamic militants, was the one of the worst in the troubled region for several years.
Published August 21, 2013
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Shock and Sorrow
Photograph by Rex Features via AP Images
Amna Ahmad Ali's 27-year-old son Mahmoud was shot dead, apparently by a sniper. She's comforted here by her sister and sister-in-law.
Published August 21, 2013
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of course the US is seen to condone if not to have had its hand in the removal of Egypt's president by the US financed military. The US therefore needs to do more to stop the killings in the streets, to say the least
The involvement of the U.S. in what is going on makes me nervous. There is always more than meets the eye! The U.S. is financing the army. I don't think they were thrilled with the one who was elected president in the democratic election!
Unfortunately, we see once again another country in despair due to the constant fight to gain control of power. At this point, we see the inability of the army to establish peace among citizens with Iran pumping the radicals to destabilize what was the most powerful country in the Middle East.
This is such a powerful image. The look on the woman's face is truly a mixture of complete despair, hopelessness...yet her gaze is riveting, capturing your very soul each time you look. Wonderful photo, terrible story. I pray for all the women and children who must suffer upon the actions of men.
@Allan T Dinegar no, actually president Obama was frustrated & kinda supported the former president, & an operation -a kind of training I understand- was cancelled by US govern. Besides its always known that US is not much an alley with the Egyptian Army , we are not sold weapons & such things from US, that was since the Egyptian 6th,October,1973 war between Egypt & Israel to get them out of Sinai.. US took Israel side, & later was a kind of 3rd part in the peace treaty signed betw. Egypt & Israel after Israel withdrawal from Sinai :)
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