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 Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/guardian.co.uk Voters check their names on the election list at a polling station in the Darfur town of al-Fashir Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP Photograph: Nasser Nasser/guardian.co.uk A woman prepares to vote at a polling station set in a tent in Juba, southern Sudan Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP Photograph: Jerome Delay/guardian.co.uk A voter casts a ballot as others wait in line in the southern capital of Juba Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/guardian.co.uk A polling station worker stains the hand of a voter before she casts her ballot in Khartoum Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP Photograph: Amr Nabil/guardian.co.uk Two women look through the list of voters at a polling station in Khartoum Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features Photograph: KPA/Zuma/guardian.co.uk A woman casts her vote in the refugee camp of Zamzam, in Darfur Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP Photograph: Nasser Nasser/guardian.co.uk An election official calls a voter into a polling station in the town of Malakal, in Upper Nile state Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/guardian.co.uk A man shows his ink-stained finger after voting in Jebel Aulia Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA Photograph: Mike Nelson/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/guardian.co.uk A policeman guards a polling station as a woman arrives to vote in Zamzam Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/guardian.co.uk Two boys watch the voting process at a school in the village of al-Mukdab Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA Photograph: Mike Nelson/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Patrick Baz/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Nasser Nasser/guardian.co.uk People search for their names on election lists before casting their ballots in Juba, southern Sudan Photograph: Yannick Tylle/EPA Photograph: Yannick Tylle/guardian.co.uk A woman carrying a child registers to vote at the refugee camp of Zamzam Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP Photograph: Nasser Nasser/guardian.co.uk