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A young man waits to vote in the Smouha area of Alexandria.
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Navy officers stand guard at a polling station where a woman waits to vote - underneath a sign forbidding weapons from being taken inside.
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A young boy stands among women waiting to vote.
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Voting officials enjoy a brief pause on the busy first day of voting in Alexandria.
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A officer of the navy allows a few women to enter at a time.
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In order to prevent voter fraud, people must dip a finger in purple dye after casting their ballot.
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Men waiting in line in the coastal city of Alexandria.
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Many schools were used as polling stations for the elections, such as this one in Alexandria.
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The election ballot, featuring all 13 presidential candidates.
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Men cast their vote at a classroom in Alexandria.
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A voter and his daughter check a list posted outside an Alexandria school find out where exactly to vote.
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A judge in Tanta, 50 miles north of Cairo, helps a woman register before casting her ballot.
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A young mother in Tanta casts her ballot.
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Lawahaz Ibrahim, a 73-year-old from Tanta (centre) said it was important that whoever come to power focused on the poor. "Sometimes I can't find anything to eat," she said.
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A military police officer stands in front of a line of women waiting to vote in Tanta.
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A woman stands in front of Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh campaign posters, while waiting for her husband outside a polling station in Tanta.
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An elderly woman dyes her finger after casting her ballot for the first time.
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A police officer stands at the exit of a polling station in the Tel el-Haddadin ("Hill of Blacksmiths") area of Tanta
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A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Alexandria.
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Women wait in lines at a polling station on the first day of voting in Alexandria. Asked how they felt, they shouted: "We are free!"