[News in Pictures] Egypt Presidential Runoff

Egyptians gather to protest ongoing military rule in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, June 15, 2012. On the right, a man holds a defaced campaign poster of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik, a man widely believed to be an extension of Hosni Mubarak’s regime. On Thursday, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court dissolved the Parliament, an act perceived to consolidate power among the military generals who assumed power after the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Tomorrow, Egypt will commence two days of presidential run off elections. <AP/Newsis>

An election official prepares to hand out a ballot to an Egyptian voter Saturday, June 16, 2012 inside a polling station in Garden City, Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians voted Saturday in the country’s landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarized the nation. The two-day balloting will produce Egypt’s first president since a popular uprising last year ousted Mubarak, who is now serving a life sentence. <AP/Newsis>

Egyptian residents of a building look at a polling station, near a big election poster of presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi, with Arabic that reads, “yes to the revival of Islam in Egypt, revival is the people’s will, Dr. Mohammed Morsi,” during the first day of the presidential runoff, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Egyptians voted Saturday in the country’s landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarized the nation. The two-day balloting will produce Egypt’s first president since a popular uprising last year ousted Mubarak, who is now serving a life sentence. <AP/Newsis>

A girl embraces her father as Egyptians line up outside a polling station during the first day of the presidential runoff, in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, June 16, 2012. Egyptians voted Saturday in the country’s landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarized the nation. The two-day balloting will produce Egypt’s first president since a popular uprising last year ousted Mubarak, who is now serving a life sentence. <AP/Newsis>

An Egyptian man shows his inked finger after voting while others lineup in front of a polling station during the first day of the presidential runoff, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Egyptians voted Saturday in the country’s landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarized the nation. The two-day balloting will produce Egypt’s first president since a popular uprising last year ousted Mubarak, who is now serving a life sentence. <AP/Newsis>

An Egyptian voter displays his ink-stained finger, proving he cast his ballot, in a polling station on Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians voted Saturday in the country’s landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarized the nation. The two-day balloting will produce Egypt’s first president since a popular uprising last year ousted Mubarak, who is now serving a life sentence. <AP/Newsis>
Egypt’s presidential candidate, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq casts his ballot at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, on June 16, 2012. Egyptians went to the polls on Saturday in a presidential run-off between Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq. <Xinhua>

Egyptian presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi casts his vote at a polling station in Zagazig, 63 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Egyptians voted Saturday in the country’s landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarized the nation. The two-day balloting will produce Egypt’s first president since a popular uprising last year ousted Mubarak, who is now serving a life sentence. <AP/Newsis>

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