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  Egyptian soldiers carry a ballot box at the end of the first day of voting in Cairo's Shubra neighbourhood. (AFP)
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  Cairo's Tahrir Square during the first round in what is the first parliament elections since the February uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak after 30 years in power. (Odd Andersen, AFP)
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  An Egyptian voter dips a finger in a bottle of ink. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  Voters cast their ballots at a polling station. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  Muslim Brotherhood members help voters find their registration numbers before voting outside a polling station. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  An Egyptian woman holding her baby enters a voting booth. (Mohammed Hossam, AFP)
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  Egyptian men look for their names on the registered voters' list. (Amro Maraghi, AFP)
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  Egyptian voters queue at a polling station in the Manial neighbourhood of Cairo. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  Post-revolution Egypt headed to the polls for a chaotic election, the start of a long process to bring democracy to the Arab world's most populous nation. (Mohammed Hossam, AFP)
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  An Egyptian voter makes the victory sign while showing his ink-stained finger after voting. (Odd Andersen, AFP)
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  Egyptian soldiers stand guard as women wait to vote at a polling station. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  An Egyptian voter smiles as he queues at a school turned polling station in old Cairo. (Odd Andersen, AFP)
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  Women wait to vote in front of a polling station in Cairo. (Bela Szandelszky, AP)
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  An Egyptian woman prepares to cast her ballot in the country's parliamentary election. (Maya Alleruzzo, AP)
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  An Egyptian army soldier stands guard next to posters of parliamentary candidates on a wall outside a polling center. (Khalil Hamra, AP)
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  A woman votes. (Maya Alleruzzo, AP)
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  Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians on Monday began voting in their nation's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster. (Maya Alleruzzo, AP)
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  Egyptian soldiers guard at the entrance of a polling station as men queue to vote. (Bela Szandelszky, AP)
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  A woman shows her ink-stained thumb after voting. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  Egyptian women wait to vote. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  Voters queue at a polling station. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  An elderly man casts his ballot at a polling station in Cairo. (Mahmud Hams, AFP)
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  An Egyptian street vendor carrying his merchandise on his head walks past voters waiting outside a polling station. (Odd Andersen, AFP)

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