PHOTO: AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS…
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June 3, 2014

PHOTO: AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS…

Supporters of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the nation’s former military chief, raise his posters and national flags during a celebration at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. El-Sissi was officially declared the next president, winning elections to replace the Islamist leader he removed from the post last year. (PHOTO: AP)

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