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India holds the fifth phase of its marathon election, with 90 million people eligible to vote in key seats for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party. The country's mammoth electorate of 900 million vote on seven days between April 11 and May 19 -- Monday marking the fifth day -- with results due on May 23. 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
Election officials at a polling station in the northern city of Shamli pack and seal electronic voting machines as the first of seven voting stages closes in the world's biggest election. IMAGES
Officials around India begin the mammoth process of counting the roughly 600 million votes cast in the world's biggest election, with results due later in the day. 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
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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