Egypt elections – in pictures

Egyptian women wait to cast their votes at a polling station in the Zamalek neighbourhood of Cairo Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

A man reads a ballot paper before casting his vote at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Cairo Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Egyptian soldiers and election officials try to maintain calm as voters queue outside a polling station in the Zamalek neighbourhood of Cairo Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian voters wait as a voting official checks their identity information at a polling station in the Manial neighbourhood of Cairo Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

A man casts his vote at a polling station in Cairo Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Egyptian voters queue at a polling station in the Manial neighbourhood of Cairo Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

An elderly Egyptian man shows his ink-stained thumb after casting his vote at a polling station in the Manial neighbourhood Photograph: Wissam Nassar/Corbis

An Egyptian woman votes inside a polling station in Assuit Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Egyptian voters queue outside a polling station in the Manial neighbourhood Photograph: Wissam Nassar/Corbis

A soldier on guard outside a polling station as Egyptians wait to cast their votes Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

A protester chants slogans during a rally as polls open for a second day of voting Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Voters line up outside a polling station in the Shubra district in Cairo on the second day of voting Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Voters surrounded by election leaflets outside a polling station in Cairo Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP

Votes inside a ballot box at a polling station in Old Cairo Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A woman shows her identification card as she waits to vote at a polling station in the town of Ibshawai Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

An election official opens a ballot box as a soldier photographs it before the start of voting at a polling station in Ibshawai Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP