Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood are seen during their trial in the killing of a police officer last year. Mohammed Bendari/APA Images/Landov hide caption
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Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi in a soundproof barred glass cage is seen during a court appearance on Feb. 16. Mohammed al-Law/AP hide caption
Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in April 2013, when he was a general and defense minister. Jim Watson/AP hide caption
Anti-military protesters run away from tear gas fired by riot police near the Ramsis square, downtown Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday. Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua/Landov hide caption
A woman casts her ballot Tuesday at a polling station in Nasr City, Cairo. Amru Salahuddien /Xinhua/Landov hide caption
Egyptian riot police run after Muslim Brotherhood members after a demonstration in Cairo's eastern Nasr City district on Friday. Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi rallied outside the police academy in Cairo where his trial was opened, and quickly adjourned, on Monday. Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Mohammed Morsi in January of this year. He's been in custody since his ouster in July. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits in the dock during a court hearing in Cairo on June 8. Amr Abdallah Dalsh /Reuters/Landov hide caption
In Cairo, soldiers have put barbed wire around the constitutional court, one of many government institutions under guard. Amina Ismail /MCT/Landov hide caption
Protesters taunt security forces moving in to clear one protest camp near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo. The military-backed government described the camps as violent and unlawful. Hesham Mostafa/EPA/Landov hide caption
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi block the Six October bridge on Tuesday in the center of Cairo. Marwan Naamani /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Egypt's military and the nation's interim leaders say the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi was not a coup, but rather a response to public demand. Morsi's supporters believe otherwise. If it was judged to be a coup, the U.S. might have to cut off aid to Egypt's military. Ed Giles/Getty Images hide caption