Ethiopian election: voters go to the polls

A voter casts her vote at a poling station in Nazret Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

A woman waits to cast their vote in Nazret Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

A voter casts his vote at a polling station in the village of Debre Zeyt Photograph: Siegfried Modola/AFP/Getty Images

Women mark their votes at a polling station in the village of Debre Zeyt Photograph: Siegfried Modola/AFP/Getty Images

Poll station workers process registered voters Photograph: Siegfried Modola/AFP/Getty Images

Ethiopians queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in the capital Addis Ababa Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Ethiopian women wait to cast their vote in Nazret Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

An election worker holds up a ballot as he explains to people wanting to vote how to fill out the ballot paper correctly at a polling station Photograph: Siegfried Modola/AFP/Getty Images

A voter is marked on her thumb by an electoral staff at a polling station in Addis Ababa Photograph: Philipp Hedemann/EPA

A woman waits to cast her vote in Nazret Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Electoral staff work at a polling station in central Addis Ababa Photograph: Philipp Hedemann/EPA

Ethiopia's prime minister, Meles Zenawi, casts his ballot in the northern Ethiopian town of Adwa, his constituency and birthplace
Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

An woman receives ballot papers at a polling station in Addis Ababa Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

A woman casts her vote into the ballot box at a polling station in Addis Ababa Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images