Kenya on the brink

Othaya: A group of Kenyan men sit outside a barber shop with a campaign poster for President Mwai Kibaki in his home town. Photograph: Sayyid Azim/AP

Nairobi: A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga rests his hands on a barbed wire fence during a rally at a local stadium before the elections. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP

Kibera: People wait in line to cast their vote in the most populous slum in Africa. Photograph: Boniface Mwangi/EPA

Nairobi: Kenyans wanting to vote crowd the entrance to a school room used as a voting station. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Nairobi: Election workers count votes at a polling station. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP

Ngong Town: Kenyan army soldiers and policemen fire tear gas and live rounds as they take cover behind ballot boxes after an angry crowd started throwing stones into Oloolaisel seconday school where the vote counting for Kajiado North was taking place. Photograph: Tom Maruko/EPA

Kibera: Residents demonstrate at the entrance of the slum Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP

Kibera: Supporters of the Orange Democratic party loot petrol from a kiosk during riots Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP

Kisumu: Rioters shout in front of a burning house Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Mathare: A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga is beaten by two supporters of President Mwai Kibaki during a street fight Photograph: Boniface Mwangi/AFP

Mathare: A boy runs past a burning barricade during disturbances in a neighbourhood of Nairobi. Photograph: Boniface Mwangi/AFP

Mathare: A man is beaten after being caught looting a shoe store. Photograph: Boniface Mwangi/AFP

Mathare: Supporters of President Mwai Kibai flee after backers of Riala Odinga's opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) burn their homes and businesses. Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA

Nairobi: Mwai Kibaki is sworn in at the presidential palace. Photograph: Radu Sigheti/AP

Mathare: Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga run from police after torching some houses. Photograph: Boniface Mwangi/AFP

Kibera: Kenyans wave 'pangas' (or machetes) during a demonstration. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

Korogocho: A man sits in the back of a police van with bodies collected from a Nairobi slum. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP

Kibera: Opposition supporters taunt members of the police. Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP

Kibera: A resident who was beaten by policemen is helped by the Kenyan Red Cross. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Nairobi: Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga talks to journalists. Photograph: Jacob Wire/EPA

Nairobi: Store owners mark outline of what used to be their shop after it was destroyed by looters. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP