1/9Men search for their names on a list of registered voters outside a polling station in Kidal, Mali, shortly after the opening of polls, July 28, 2013.
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
2/9Election workers count votes at a station that reported a high voter turnout in Kidal, Mali, July 28, 2013.
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
3/9A makeshift memorial was left near the site where unarmed African American teenager Michael Brown was recently shot to death by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. (Gesell Tobias, VOA)
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
4/9A man is patted down by a United Nations peacekeeper outside the main polling place in Kidal, Mali, July 28, 2013.
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
5/9Election workers count votes at a station that reported a high voter turnout in Kidal, Mali, July 28, 2013.
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
6/9A French soldier stands guard as election workers unload ballot boxes containing election materials at the main polling station in Kidal, Mali, July 28, 2013.
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
7/9A makeshift memorial was left near the site where unarmed African American teenager Michael Brown was recently shot to death by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. (Gesell Tobias, VOA)
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
8/9Young man glues campaign posters for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on top of a pair posters for rival Dramane Dembele, Gao, Mali, July 25, 2013.
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
9/9Supporters of presidential candidate Cheick Modibo Diarra distribute campaign flyers from the back of a moped as they ride in a campaign caravan through the streets of Bamako, Mali, July 20, 2013.
Malians voted July 28, 2013 in numbers that many think will set a new record in a country where voter turnout has never been more than 40 percent.
