Pakistan election

October 5, Islamabad: Supporters of President Pervez Musharraf hold a rally in front of the presidential palace. Photograph: John Moore/Getty

October 6, Islamabad: Supporters of Gen Musharraf cheer during a victory celebration at the Pakistan Muslim League party headquarters. Photograph: John Moore/Getty

October 5, Islamabad: Supporters of former premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's party rally in anticipation of her return to the country. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

October 11, Karachi: Supporters of Ms Bhutto hold lit candles outside her residence to celebrate her scheduled return on October 18. Photograph: Assif Hassan/AFP

October 16, Pakistan: A man rides his donkey cart in front of billboards featuring Ms Bhutto. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

October 16, Karachi: Mohammad Ashraf Raza, a supporter of Ms Bhutto, pedals a bicycle adorned with posters in her red, green and black party colours. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

October 16, Karachi: Abdul Raziq, a supporter of Ms Bhutto, sits with his children outside the Karachi press club. He had doused himself and his two sons in petrol, threatening to burn them in support of her, before members of the Pakistan People's party intervened. Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP

October 17, Islamabad: Supporters of the exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif hold posters as they shout anti-Musharraf slogans outside the supreme court. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

October 17, Islamabad: Supporters of Mr Sharif stand on the supreme court's entrance gate. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

October 17, Islamabad: Soldiers ride past Sharif supporters. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

October 17, Islamabad: Opposition politician Imran Khan addresses a gathering of activists outside the supreme court. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

October 17, Islamabad: A Sharif supporter holds an effigy of Gen Musharraf covered with US dollars. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

October 17, Dubai, UAE: Ms Bhutto announces her return to Pakistan. Photograph: Ali Haider/EPA

October 17, Islamabad: Protesters cheer during an anti-government rally in front of the supreme court. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty

October 17, Karachi: A billboard welcoming Ms Bhutto near the international airport. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP