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epa03824405 An unidentified photographer runs amid tear gas and fire fumes during the clearing of one of the two sit-ins of ousted president Morsi supporters, near Rabaa Adawiya mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 14 August 2013. According to local media reports, one soldier and dozens of protesters were killed and about 200 others arrested as Egyptian security forces began clearing islamist protest camps in the capital Cairo on 14 August. The military-backed government described the protest camps as violent and unlawful. The biggest sit-ins are in north-eastern Cairo and south of the capital. EPA/MOSAAB ELSHAMY