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  • Pope Tawadros II, leader of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, casts his ballot paper. The two-day balloting also deals a heavy blow to the Muslim Brotherhood’s campaign for the reinstatement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and paves the way for a likely presidential run by the nation’s top general, Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    Pope Tawadros II, leader of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, casts his ballot paper. The two-day balloting also deals a heavy blow to the Muslim Brotherhood’s campaign for the reinstatement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and paves the way for a likely presidential run by the nation’s top general, Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • An Egyptian Women flashes a ‘V for Victory sign’ as she waits in line to vote. Long lines of voters began to form nearly two hours before polling stations opened in Cairo, including in Imbaba, where the blast promptly whipped up anti-Brotherhood sentiment with chants and shouting against the Islamist group. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    An Egyptian Women flashes a ‘V for Victory sign’ as she waits in line to vote. Long lines of voters began to form nearly two hours before polling stations opened in Cairo, including in Imbaba, where the blast promptly whipped up anti-Brotherhood sentiment with chants and shouting against the Islamist group. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • An Egyptian man shows his ink-stained finger. The Tuesday and Wednesday balloting is the first electoral test for the popularly backed removal from power of Mr Morsi and his Brotherhood. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
    An Egyptian man shows his ink-stained finger. The Tuesday and Wednesday balloting is the first electoral test for the popularly backed removal from power of Mr Morsi and his Brotherhood. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
  • People queue outside a polling centre. A comfortable “yes” vote and a respectable turnout would bestow legitimacy on the cascade of events that followed the coup while undermining the Islamists’ argument that Mr Morsi remains the nation’s elected president. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
    People queue outside a polling centre. A comfortable “yes” vote and a respectable turnout would bestow legitimacy on the cascade of events that followed the coup while undermining the Islamists’ argument that Mr Morsi remains the nation’s elected president. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
  • A ballot box is displayed in front of an Egyptian man. Virginie Nguyen Hoang / AFP Photo
    A ballot box is displayed in front of an Egyptian man. Virginie Nguyen Hoang / AFP Photo
  • An Egyptian woman casts her ballot at a polling centre in Mounira in Cairo. Virginie Nguyen Hoang / AFP Photo
    An Egyptian woman casts her ballot at a polling centre in Mounira in Cairo. Virginie Nguyen Hoang / AFP Photo
  • An Egyptian man raises his inked finger after voting on a new constitution. Khaled Desouki / AFP Photo
    An Egyptian man raises his inked finger after voting on a new constitution. Khaled Desouki / AFP Photo
  • Long lines of voters began to form nearly two hours before polling stations opened in Cairo, including in Imbaba, where the blast promptly whipped up anti-Brotherhood sentiment with chants and shouting against the Islamist group. Al Youm Al Saabi / Reuters
    Long lines of voters began to form nearly two hours before polling stations opened in Cairo, including in Imbaba, where the blast promptly whipped up anti-Brotherhood sentiment with chants and shouting against the Islamist group. Al Youm Al Saabi / Reuters

In pictures: Egyptians vote on constitution

Mark Asquith

January 14, 2014

Long lines of voters began to form nearly two hours before polling stations opened in Cairo, including in Imbaba, where an explosive device went off outside a Cairo courthouse.

Egypt