The Egyptian army announced the end of President Mohamed Morsi’s rule, replacing him with the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court until an early presidential election.
People celebrate outside the Presidential Palace after a broadcast confirming that the army will temporarily be taking over from the country’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. In their tens of thousands, they cheered, ignited firecrackers and honked horns as soon as the army announced President Mohamed Morsi’s rule was over, ending Egypt’s worst crisis since its 2011 revolt. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD KHALED
An Egyptian man carries his son on his shoulders as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians demonstrate against President Mohammed Morsi and the muslim brotherhood in Egypt’s landmark Tahrir square on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. In their tens of thousands, they cheered, ignited firecrackers and honked horns as soon as the army announced President Mohamed Morsi’s rule was over, ending Egypt’s worst crisis since its 2011 revolt. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Egyptian opposition protestors beat a dummy of President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square on July 3, 2013. Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei and the heads of the Coptic Church and Al-Azhar — Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning — will unveil an army roadmap for Egypt’s future after President Mohamed Morsi, state television said. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
People celebrate at Tahrir Square with a portrait of Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after a broadcast confirming that the army will temporarily be taking over from the country’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
An Egyptian family on motorcycle celebrates in Cairo on July 3, 2013 after a broadcast confirming that the army will temporarily be taking over from the country’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Egyptian women shout slogans against President Mohammed Morsi as they join hundreds of thousands demonstrating against President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood outside the Egyptian presidential palace on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD KHALED
Egyptians hug and kiss an army soldier after a broadcast confirming the army will temporarily be taking over from the country’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Egyptian national flags are waved as hundreds of thousands demonstrate against President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood outside the Egyptian presidential palace on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD KHALED
Egypt’s chief justice Adly Mansour (L) is congratulated by judges during a ceremony in which he was sworn-in as head of the Constitutional Court, in Cairo on July 4, 2013, before his swearing-in ceremony as Egypt’s interim president. Egypt’s chief justice Adly al-Mansour was sworn in as interim president after the army ousted and detained Mohamed Morsi in an abrupt end to the Islamist’s first year in office. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKIKHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks light up the sky as Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians celebrate after Egytptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s speech announcing The Egyptian army toppling Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt’s landmark Tahrir square on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Fireworks light up the sky as Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians celebrate after Egytptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s speech announcing The Egyptian army toppling Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt’s landmark Tahrir square on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Egyptian women shout slogans against President Mohammed Morsi as they join hundreds of thousands demonstrating against President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood outside the Egyptian presidential palace on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Cheers erupted, firecrackers ignite and horns were honked as soon as the army announced President Mohamed Morsi’s rule was over, ending Egypt’s worst crisis since its 2011 revolt. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD KHALED
An Egyptian protester waves his national flag as thousands celebrate on July 1, 2013 in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir square after Egypt’s armed forces gave President Mohamed Morsi 48 hours to meet the demands of the people or it would intervene with a roadmap. The statement comes a day after millions took to the street demanding that Morsi resigns. An official from Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood said the powerful movement was “studying” the army’s statement. Egypt is deeply divided between Morsi’s Islamist supporters and a broad-based opposition. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Egyptian opposition protesters celebrate on July 1, 2013 in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir square after Egypt’s armed forces gave President Mohamed Morsi 48 hours to meet the demands of the people or it would intervene with a roadmap. The statement comes a day after millions took to the street demanding that Morsi resigns. An official from Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood said the powerful movement was “studying” the army’s statement. Egypt is deeply divided between Morsi’s Islamist supporters and a broad-based opposition. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators gather in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir square during a protest calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 1, 2013. Egypt’s armed forces warned that it will intervene if the people’s demands are not met within 48 hours, after millions took to the streets to demand the resignation of Morsi. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
A poster of Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi is seen during a pro-Morsi demonstration on July 1, 2013 in Istanbul. The Egyptian armed forces have piled pressure on Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, to applause from the opposition who want his resignation, but analysts say their intervention may be fraught with difficulties. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE
Egyptian army helicopters fly over 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 July 1, 2013. Egypt’s armed forces warned that it will intervene if the people’s demands are not met within 48 hours, after millions took to the streets to demand the resignation of Morsi. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI
A protestor wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds up a red card as thousands of Egyptian demonstrators gather outside the presidential palace in Cairo during a protest calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 1, 2013. Egypt’s armed forces warned that it will intervene if the people’s demands are not met within 48 hours, after millions took to the streets to demand the resignation of Morsi. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI
An Egyptian youth with his face painted in the colours of the national flag look over as opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi protest calling for his ouster at Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square, on July 2, 2013. Egypt’s political crisis deepened as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi snubbed an army ultimatum threatening to intervene if he did not meet the demands of the people, and five ministers led a spate of government resignations. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Female supporters of Islamist Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi hold up his image and give the thumbs-up during a rally outside Cairo University on June 2, 2013. A top Muslim Brotherhood leader urged Egyptians to stand ready to sacrifice their lives to prevent a coup, after the army gave Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and his opponents until July 3 to resolve their differences or face intervention. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Opposition protesters shout slogans as they gather in thousands at Qoubba Presidential Palace to protest against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood on July 2, 2013 in Cairo. Egypt’s political crisis deepened as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi snubbed an army ultimatum threatening to intervene if he did not meet the demands of the people, and five ministers led a spate of government resignations. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Egyptian protesters calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi react as they watch his speech on a screen in a street leading to presidential palace early in Cairo on July 3, 2013. Morsi told Egyptians that he had been freely elected little more than a year ago and that he intended to continue to carry out his duties despite mass protests demanding his resignation. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD KHALED
An Egyptian opposition protester shouts slogans as tens of thousands gather outside the Presidential Palace calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on July 2, 2013 in Cairo. Opponents of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi poured onto the streets of Cairo to press their demand that he step down after the Islamist president snubbed an ultimatum from the army to agree to the “people’s demands” or face an imposed solution. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
An Egyptian opposition protester holds up the head of a sheep as tens of thousands gather outside the Presidential Palace calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on July 2, 2013 in Cairo. Opponents of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi poured onto the streets of Cairo to press their demand that he step down after the Islamist president snubbed an ultimatum from the army to agree to the “people’s demands” or face an imposed solution. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Egyptian protesters calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi gather in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square on July 2, 2013. Opponents of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi poured onto the streets of Cairo to press their demand that he step down after the Islamist president snubbed an ultimatum from the army to agree to the “people’s demands” or face an imposed solution. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Egyptian opposition protester shout slogans as tens of thousands gather outside the Presidential Palace calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on July 2, 2013 in Cairo. Opponents of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi poured onto the streets of Cairo to press their demand that he step down after the Islamist president snubbed an ultimatum from the army to agree to the “people’s demands” or face an imposed solution. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Egyptian protesters calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi gather in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square on July 2, 2013. Opponents of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi poured onto the streets of Cairo to press their demand that he step down after the Islamist president snubbed an ultimatum from the army to agree to the “people’s demands” or face an imposed solution. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Egyptian protesters calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi gather in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square on July 2, 2013 as laser lights (L) directed at the government building spell “Game Over.” AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Egyptian protesters calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi react as they watch his speech on a screen in a street leading to presidential palace early in Cairo on July 3, 2013. Morsi told Egyptians that he had been freely elected little more than a year ago and that he intended to continue to carry out his duties despite mass protests demanding his resignation. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD KHALED
Opposition protesters shout slogans and show a defaced poster of their president as they gather in thousands at the Presidential Palace to protest against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood on July 2, 2013 in Cairo. Egypt’s political crisis deepened as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi snubbed an army ultimatum threatening to intervene if he did not meet the demands of the people, and five ministers led a spate of government resignations. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
An opposition demonstrator sits below graffiti of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on the walls of Egypt’s Presidential Palace in the suburb of Heliopolis on July 3 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported at least 16 people were killed overnight on July 2 in violent clashes between Pro-Morsi and Anti-Morsi protesters in the Cairo suburb of Giza. An Army ultimatum to President Morsi comes to an end on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement on July 1, the Egyptian Army asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to resolve mass demonstrations against his continued rule or face intervention by the military within 48 hours, after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule on June 30. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clean up debris after violent clashes at Cairo University the previous night, on July 3 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported at least 16 people were killed overnight on July 2 in violent clashes between Pro-Morsi and Anti-Morsi protesters in the Cairo suburb of Giza. An Army ultimatum to President Morsi comes to an end on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement on July 1, the Egyptian Army asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to resolve mass demonstrations against his continued rule or face intervention by the military within 48 hours, after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule on June 30. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clean up debris after violent clashes at Cairo University the previous night, on July 3 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported at least 16 people were killed overnight on July 2 in violent clashes between Pro-Morsi and Anti-Morsi protesters in the Cairo suburb of Giza. An Army ultimatum to President Morsi comes to an end on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement on July 1, the Egyptian Army asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to resolve mass demonstrations against his continued rule or face intervention by the military within 48 hours, after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule on June 30. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)
Soldiers of the Egyptian Republican Guard stand guard at the gates of Egypt’s Presidential Palace in the suburb of Heliopolis on July 3 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported at least 16 people were killed overnight on July 2 in violent clashes between supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and Anti-Morsi protesters in the Cairo suburb of Giza. An Army ultimatum to President Morsi comes to an end on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement on July 1, the Egyptian Army asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to resolve mass demonstrations against his continued rule or face intervention by the military within 48 hours, after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule on June 30. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)
Opposition demonstrators lie on the ground near Egypt’s Presidential Palace in the suburb of Heliopolis on July 3 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported at least 16 people were killed overnight on July 2 in violent clashes between Pro-Morsi and Anti-Morsi protesters in the Cairo suburb of Giza. An Army ultimatum to President Morsi comes to an end on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement on July 1, the Egyptian Army asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to resolve mass demonstrations against his continued rule or face intervention by the military within 48 hours after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule on June 30. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)
A poster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi hangs on scaffolding after violent clashes at Cairo University the previous night, on July 3 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported at least 16 people were killed overnight on July 2 in violent clashes between Pro-Morsi and Anti-Morsi protesters in the Cairo suburb of Giza. An Army ultimatum to President Morsi comes to an end on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement on July 1, the Egyptian Army asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to resolve mass demonstrations against his continued rule or face intervention by the military within 48 hours, after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule on June 30. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)
Dried blood stains at the scene of violent clashes at Cairo University the previous night, on July 3 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported at least 16 people were killed overnight on July 2 in violent clashes between Pro-Morsi and Anti-Morsi protesters in the Cairo suburb of Giza. An Army ultimatum to President Morsi comes to an end on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement on July 1, the Egyptian Army asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to resolve mass demonstrations against his continued rule or face intervention by the military within 48 hours, after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule on June 30. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)
A May 29, 2013 handout picture released by Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi giving the opening speech of a conference organized by civil society groups in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY
A supporter of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood lies injured in a hospital bed following overnight clashes in Cairo, on July 3, 2013. Egypt’s political crisis deepened as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi snubbed an army ultimatum threatening to intervene if he did not meet the demands of the people, and five ministers led a spate of government resignations. AFP PHOTO / KHALED KAMEL
