Kenyan presidential election – in pictures

A woman walks past a message of peace painted by a Kenyan street artist, Ashif 'Maasai Mbili', near a polling station in Kibera, Nairobi Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

Journalists and polling staff look on as Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, a candidate for the country's presidency, casts his vote in his constituency of Kibera, Nairobi Photograph: Will Boase/AFP/Getty Images

A young man recovers from machete wounds after being attacked by a gang of youths next to a polling station in the Mshomoroni area of Mombasa Photograph: Ivan Lieman/AFP/Getty Images

A Maasai woman has her finger marked with a permanent marker after voting in Ilngarooj, Kajiado County, Maasailand Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

Maasai people line up to vote in Ilbissil Photograph: Riccardo Gangale/AP

Voters queue to cast their ballot at St Matthews church in the Langata constituency of Nairobi Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

A white Kenyan voter queues to cast his vote in the Langata Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

A Kenyan man casts his vote in a polling tent installed in Karen, Nairobi Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

People wait to cast their votes at a school in Archers Post, Isiolo County Photograph: Reuters

Voters in Nairobi stand in a long queue, just before voting is due to close Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images