高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年6月17日星期日

Egypt elections, day two – in pictures

Egyptians vote in the second and last day of a highly divisive presidential election runoff between Mohamed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Ahmed Shafiq, who was the last prime minister under Hosni Mubarak

A man checks for his name on a list pinned outside a polling station in Cairo
A man smokes a water pipe under a poster of Ahmed Shafiq at a coffee shop

A woman wearing a niqab shows her ink- stained finger, marking that she voted, in Cairo

A woman casts her vote in Alexandria

Voters check their names at a polling station in Cairo

Women queue up to vote in front of a polling station in Cairo


A voter dips his finger in a bottle of ink after casting his ballot

A woman marks her ballot paper in Cairo


Campaign posters for Mohamed Morsi in Cairo


Policemen stand outside a polling station in the Shobra neighbourhood of Cairo

Tissues stained with indelible ink lie are left alongside a ballot box at a polling station in Cairo

Men look for their names on the electoral list outside a polling station in Cairo

A policeman stands guard outside a polling station in Cairo

A campaign poster for Ahmed Shafiq on a block of flats in Cairo


Men queue up to vote in the Shobra neighbourhood of Cairo

 
An electoral official holds a ballot paper as a woman arrives to cast her vote
Women queue up to cast their votes at a polling station in Cairo