Egyptians vote for the first time to pick their president in a wide open election since deposing leader Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt Presidential Elections
![Female Egyptians cast their votes during the second day of presidential elections in Cairo, May 24, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6f6f2c6e-9cf8-404e-ba61-38f50a3ba910_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Female Egyptians cast their votes during the second day of presidential elections in Cairo, May 24, 2012.
![Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with an official from Al-Azhar in Cairo May 24, 2012. Carter is in Egypt as part of the mission of his Carter Center to monitor presidential elections.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c8940d3d-a0ae-4d79-9369-638bf6c4c3c2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with an official from Al-Azhar in Cairo May 24, 2012. Carter is in Egypt as part of the mission of his Carter Center to monitor presidential elections.
![An Egyptian man checks a list of voters in the country's presidential election at a polling site in the Zamalek neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, May 23, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/173fdc82-cd9a-4fa0-ac47-2179b991a0f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Egyptian man checks a list of voters in the country's presidential election at a polling site in the Zamalek neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, May 23, 2012.
![Post-revolution pride is on display outside voting stations, Cairo, Egypt, May 23, 2012. (Y. Weeks/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/5407fff6-3bc2-4895-8511-b48faeeea446_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Post-revolution pride is on display outside voting stations, Cairo, Egypt, May 23, 2012. (Y. Weeks/VOA)