Burma votes in landmark elections – in pictures
Burma is holding byelections in which Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to win her first public office since launching her decades-long struggle against the military-dominated government. The elections will fill 45 vacant seats in Burma's 664-seat parliament. Victory for Aung San Suu Kyi would symbolise a leap towards national reconciliation and could nudge western powers closer to easing sanctions
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An official keeps the gates open for people arriving at a polling station in Kawhmu township, where Aung San Suu Kyi is standing as a candidate
Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
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Supporters ride motorcycles next to Aung San Suu Kyi's car in Kawhmu, outside Rangoon
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
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Aung San Suu Kyi is surrounded by supporters and journalists as she leaves a polling station
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
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A man films Aung San Suu Kyi as she arrives at a polling station in Wah Thin Kha
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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People queue to cast their votes
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Aung San Suu Kyi visits a polling station
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
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People arrive at a polling station in Kawhmu township
Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
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Voters cast their ballots in Kawhmu
Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images
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Supporters wait on the side of a road in Kawhmu
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
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Supporters shake hands with Aung San Suu Kyi through the open window of a vehicle
Photograph: AP
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A woman receives help putting her ballot in the box in Kawhmu
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
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Aung San Suu Kyi supporters gather at the office's of her NLD party in Rangoon
Photograph: Reuters
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Election officials count the ballots at a polling station in Mayangone township
Photograph: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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Aung San Suu Kyi supporters celebrate her party's claim that she has won office
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
