Lebanon elections 2018 - in pictures

Lebanon's citizens made their way to the polls on Sunday, May 6 to vote in the country's first election in almost a decade

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (R) greets supporters in his house in downtown Beirut while waiting for the electoral results. Anwar Amro / AFP

Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Basil celebrates on stage with supporters after the party's results in the parliamentary elections, early on May 7, 2018 in the Lebanese coastal town of Batroun. Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, casts his vote for Lebanon's parliamentary elections, at a polling station, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, May 6, 2018. Lebanon's polling stations have opened for the first parliamentary elections in nine years. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

Lebanese Prime Minister and candidate for the parliamentary election Saad Hariri shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 6, 2018. Jamal Saidi / Reuters

A woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote during the parliamentary election in Beirut, Lebanon. Jamal Saidi / Reuters

A Lebanese supporter of the Christian Lebanese Forces party drives a car flying their flag along the Dbayeh highway between the coastal city of Jounieh and the capital Beirut. Joseph Eid / AFP

A Lebanese woman casts a ballot at a polling station during the Lebanon's parliamentary elections in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo

A Lebanese policewoman, right, stands next to women who are queuing to cast their vote at a ballot station during the Lebanon's parliamentary elections in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo

A man casts his vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election, in Sidon, Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters

A Lebanese man showcases his ink-stained thumb after casting his vote in the first Lebanese parliamentary election in nine years, in the coastal city of Byblos, north of the capital Beirut. Joseph Eid / AFP

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