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Egyptians try to keep the bodies of their dead relatives iced and perfumed as they wait outdoors for autopsies and death certificates to be issued August 15, 2014 at the Zeinhoum morgue in Cairo, Egypt. A day after a violent raid by security forces on the supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the country is trying to come to terms with the news that at least 600 people were killed and thousands more injured across Egypt during the raid on Rabaah al-Adawiya, and another, smaller protest camp in the district of Giza across town.

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Egyptians try to keep the bodies of their dead relatives iced and perfumed as they wait outdoors for autopsies and death certificates to be issued August 15, 2014 at the Zeinhoum morgue in Cairo, Egypt. A day after a violent raid by security forces on the supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the country is trying to come to terms with the news that at least 600 people were killed and thousands more injured across Egypt during the raid on Rabaah al-Adawiya, and another, smaller protest camp in the district of Giza across town.