Massive voter turnout in Friday’s Madagascar presidential election

ANTANANARIVO. Voters in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, turned out massively yesterday to choose among 33 candidates a new president expected to lead them out of a political crisis of nearly five years.
A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar, Oct. 25, 2013. Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. (0300GMT). Net photo.
A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar, Oct. 25, 2013. Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. (0300GMT). Net photo.
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