Egyptians go to the polls – in pictures

An Egyptian woman shows her ink-stained finger after voting Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

A woman votes at a polling station in Cairo Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

Presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood waves to his supporters in al-Sharqya Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

A woman registers for the second round of the presidential elections in Cairo Photograph: Andre Pain/EPA

A boy yawns as he watches a voter cast his ballot at a polling station in Zagazig Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

Members of the Egyptian army at a military operations room in Cairo watch over the election process Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

An electoral worker verifies the identity of a woman before she casts her vote at a polling station in Cairo Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Soldiers stand guard as a man arrives at a polling station in Al-Sharqya, 60km (37 miles) north-east of Cairo Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

A woman enters a polling station to cast her vote in Cairo Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

An Egyptian woman dips her finger in ink during voting at a polling station in Cairo Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptians queue outside a polling station in Cairo. Some 50 million people are eligible to vote in the two-day poll Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Members of the Egyptian army monitor the electoral process at a military operations room in Cairo Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Egyptian women line up to cast their vote in Giza Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Former prime minister and current presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq casts his vote at a polling station in Cairo Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Supporters of former prime minister and current presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq cheer after he cast his vote Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

A voter checks her name at a polling station in Cairo Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Egyptian women wait to cast their vote in Giza Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A soldier stands guard as a woman waits outside a polling station at a school in Cairo Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters