In pictures: Crowds and queues as Filipinos vote

A woman's face as she stands in a queue before sunrise, to cast her vote inside a school polling station in Makati city, south of Manila. On the outside of the school is written "honesty is the best policy"EPA

Filipinos queued from before dawn to cast their votes, in an election in which corruption, poverty and inequality are the biggest issues.

Dozens of people in a queue to vote at a polling station in ManilaGetty Images

Large crowds gathered at voting stations across the country.

A sample ballot being held in hands belonging to a Duterte supporter, wearing Duterte wristbands, in Davao city on 9 MayReuters

As well as the president, voters are being asked to chose a vice-president, senators and thousands of other officials nationwide.

A line of voters of different ages and genders, seated while they wait to vote, in a polling station in DavaoGetty Images

The election has exposed inter-generational divisions, with many younger voters enthusiastic about the crime-busting promise of Rodrigo Duterte. Some older voters fear he may lead the country back to the authoritarian politics of the past.

Fife Vanice Dayola, 21, who was born with bone misalignment, is carried by her mother Rowena Dayola and assisted by an election worker, as she casts her vote by inserting her ballot into a machine in a school polling station in Davao city, 9 May 2016EPA

Twenty-one-year-old Fife Vanice Dayola, casting her ballot with an electronic voting machine, is one of a huge number of young voters in the Philippines.

Fife Vanice Dayola, being held by her mother, shows her ink-stained finger to the camera, at a polling station in Davao city, on 9 MayEPA

Voters have indelible ink put on their fingers in an effort to prevent voter fraud.

People handing over names and IDs at a Manila polling station, to receive their ballotsGetty Images

Voters, here handing over IDs to receive their ballot papers at a crowded polling station, had to give biometric data to the election authorities, in order to register to vote.

Two Filipino villagers carry a box containing an electronic voting machine, across a river, on Sunday, in the far flung community of North Upi, Maguindanao ProvinceEPA

The electronic voting machines had to be carried by hand to some of the remotest polling stations.

Two members of the security forces in Davao city examine a man's bag at a checkpoint on a road into the cityGetty Images

Security forces were deployed nationwide, after a campaign marred by violence.

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