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The poll is the first in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a strict virus lockdown in late March that led to millions of poor migrant workers, many from Bihar, losing their jobs with some having to walk for days or weeks back home. The state, one of India's poorest, has been ruled by an alliance of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and the regional Janta Dal United party for over a decade. But opinion polls indicate disquiet with the incumbent regime. The state, one of India's poorest, has been ruled by an alliance of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and the regional Janta Dal United party for over a decade. IMAGES
Polls open for the last phase of India's massive election. The enormity of 1.3-billion-strong India and its electorate, and the security and logistical challenges, meant there had to be seven different voting days across 1.1 million polling stations starting on April 11. IMAGES
In India nearly 100 constituencies in 13 states go to the polls in the second round of the seven-phase election. IMAGES
Electoral officials seal ballot boxes at a polling station in Mathura as the second phase of India's marathon six-week-long general election comes to a close. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term in the vote, which ends in early June. But turnout in the first round last week dropped nearly four points to 66 percent from the previous election in 2019. IMAGES
India's six-week election resumes with people lining up outside a polling station in Mathura, a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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