Sudan votes in first open elections for 24 years

A Sudanese election commission worker sits beside polling boxes in al-Fasher, northern Darfur, on the eve of the election
Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Voters check their names on the election list at a polling station in the Darfur town of al-Fashir
Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

A woman prepares to vote at a polling station set in a tent in Juba, southern Sudan
Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

A voter casts a ballot as others wait in line in the southern capital of Juba
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A polling station worker stains the hand of a voter before she casts her ballot in Khartoum
Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

Two women look through the list of voters at a polling station in Khartoum
Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features

A woman casts her vote in the refugee camp of Zamzam, in Darfur
Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

An election official calls a voter into a polling station in the town of Malakal, in Upper Nile state
Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

A man shows his ink-stained finger after voting in Jebel Aulia
Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA

A woman folds her ballot behind a cardboard screen at an outdoor polling station in the village of Dulab, in Upper Nile state
Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

Voters wait for a polling station to open in Malakal. Other voters have left items to mark their places in the queue
Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

A policeman guards a polling station as a woman arrives to vote in Zamzam
Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Two boys watch the voting process at a school in the village of al-Mukdab
Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA

Members of Omar al-Bashir's entourage shout 'God is great' as the president casts his vote in Khartoum
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

An election worker with a picture of the president on her clothes, at a polling station in the refugee camp of Abou Shouk
Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

People search for their names on election lists before casting their ballots in Juba, southern Sudan
Photograph: Yannick Tylle/EPA

A woman carrying a child registers to vote at the refugee camp of Zamzam
Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP