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Up close and personal: Egyptian photographer captures country's lost 'humanity'

Reporters run for cover during clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police in Cairo on Aug. 14, 2013, as security forces backed by bulldozers moved in on two huge pro-Morsi protest camps.
Reporters run for cover during clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police in Cairo on Aug. 14, 2013, as security forces backed by bulldozers moved in on two huge pro-Morsi protest camps.Mosaab El-Shamy / AFP - Getty Images

Egyptian photographer Mosa'ab Elshamy is just 23 years old, but in recent weeks he has seen friends killed and his brother arrested amid the violence that has overtaken his country. He talked to NBC News about what motivates him to go on recording the turmoil unfolding around him.

Watch Ayman Mohyeldin's interview with Elshamy below: