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  Around 100 youth of the "Pompage" district confront with police during a protest in Kinshasa. Police in Kinshasa use teargas to disperse opposition supporters. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  Opposition supporters of Etienne Tshisekedi have burnt tires during a protest against allegedly fraudulent partial elections results given by the electoral commission. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  Opposition supporters are held captive in a police truck after a protest in the Pompage district of Kinshasa. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  Supporters of longtime opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi have vowed to take to the streets if president Joseph Kabila is declared the winner. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  Congolese military police drive by ballot boxes filled with trash at the deserted Fikin compilation center in Kinshasa. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  Anti-riot policemen stand behind a barricade in the Pompage district of Kinshasa. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) soldiers patrol the streets of Kinshasa. (Junior D Kannah, AFP)
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  The country has been on high alert while it awaits the final results after a campaign that saw deadly police crackdowns on opposition rallies and a series of clashes between rival partisans. (Simon Maina, AFP)
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  Police fired teargas to disperse opposition supporters in Kinshasa as tensions were running high. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  Early tallies showed President Joseph Kabila heading for re-election in the single-round vote, which pitted him against a divided opposition field of 10 candidates. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  But the Independent National Electoral Commission (Ceni) said it needed more time to compile final results from around the vast central African country, promising a full count within 48 hours. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  Congolese riot-policeman stand guard on the streets of Goma. (Simon Maina, AFP)
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  Whilst many people are concerned about outbreaks of violence the atmosphere in Goma was calm. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  Tensions also spilled over into the Congolese diaspora. Swat police watch on as protesters rally outside the Congo embassy in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick, AP/The Canadian Press)
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  The protesters said they would stay at the embassy all night until the election results are known. (Sean Kilpatrick, AP/The Canadian Press)
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  A protester walks in front of a row of police during a rally outside the Congo embassy in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick, AP/The Canadian Press)
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  Congolese voters line up to vote after presidential ballots arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  The vote is only the second since the end of Congo's last war, and the first to be organized by the government instead of the international community. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  If the results are not accepted by the population, especially the country's fractured opposition, analysts fear it could drag Congo back into conflict. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  A sheet from a voting register sits to dry on a windowsill at the National Independent Electoral Commisson in Lubumbashi. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  A Congolese man walks through ballots claimed to be fake by opposition supporters. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  An electoral agent sits on bags of ballot papers. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  The presidential elections have been marred by claims of fraud and a lack of transparency by opposition candidates. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  An electoral offcials walks past filled ballot boxes in the courtyard of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI). (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  A Congolese riot-policeman stands guard because of clashes between members of the UDPS party in Lubumbashi. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  Congolese riot-policemen stand guard. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  Congolese riot police stand in front of the parliament building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  A sense of dread permeated the capital, as citizens await the proclamation of results from Congo's contested presidential ballot. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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  Fearing unrest around the announcement of the election results, more than 3,000 people have fled Kinshasa for Brazzaville, the capital of neighbouring Congo. (Guy-Gervais Kittina, AFP)
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  Refugees of Democratic Republic of Congo disembark on December 5, 2011 in Brazzaville's harbour. (Guy-Gervais Kittina, AFP)
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  Supporters of opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi parade what they claim are badly printed fraudulent photocopies of election ballots they say they found in the Bandal commune in Democratic Republic of Congo. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  A scrutineer presents alledgedly used ballot papers found at Bondenko school in Kinshasa. (Junior D. Kannah, AFP)
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  Deadly violence rocked election day in the Democratic Republic of Congo Monday as polling stations in the vast central African nation came under attack from gunmen and voters angry at long delays. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  An election official waits for election material to arrive. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  Voters argue with election officials over delayed poll opening at a polling station in Kinshasa, Congo. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  A Congolese man is painting his finger with purple ink after he voted. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP)
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  Voters check for their names on lists. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  Ballot papers burned in an attack. (Phil Moore, AFP)
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  A Congolese man checks his ballot for parliamentary elections before casting his vote. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  Congolese women go through the ballot for parliamentary elections at a polling station. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  Supporters of oppositions candidate Etienne Tshisekedi run ahead of his motorcade as he goes to vote in his stronghold district. (Jerome Delay, AP)
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  Voters wait for election material to arrive at a polling station. (Jerome Delay, AP)

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