In Photos: Egyptians Vote Amid Crises at Home and in the Region

Along with President Sissi, the army chief who clinched 97% wins in 2018 and 2014, three low-profile  three politicians made the race, while his most prominent competitor, a former opposition lawmaker, withdrew citing harassment. In Arish, Egypt, Dec. 10, 2023. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)

A family shows solidarity with Sissi and Palestinians near a polling station, just 30 miles from Egypt’s border with war-torn Gaza, where aid agencies say the humanitarian crisis is among the worst they have witnessed. Arish, Egypt, Dec. 10, 2023. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)

Volunteers from the Sissi-aligned party of Mostakbal Watan (Nation's Future Party) assist voters in Arish, especially those who are illiterate in a region plagued by poverty and instability. In Arish, Egypt, Dec. 10, 2023. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)

Sissi-aligned lawmaker Aziz Matar visits a poll in his district of North Sinai, the site of the Egyptian army’s decade-long fight against a local ISIS affiliate, an effort that has resulted in thousands of home evictions and demolitions. Arish, Egypt, Dec. 10, 2023. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)

Voters line up for a poll that Egypt’s government describes as “the fifth pluralistic presidential election in the country's modern history” and “a major step” in its “democratic transformation.” In Arish, Egypt, Dec. 10, 2023. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)