With this week’s presidential election representing the end of the transition from a military to civilian government, many Egyptians will be watching not only the results but for a clean process as well.
Here, an Egyptian woman dips her finger in ink after voting in Cairo. Thirteen candidates are running in the first round of voting on Wednesday and Thursday.
“For the presidency, people are taking pride in the fact that they’re choosing a leader for the nation. And a lot of people have said that ‘this isn’t about me, this is about the entire country and how we’re perceived abroad,’” said Erin Cunningham of the GlobalPost.
(Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
It’s been more than five months since the Arab Spring first swept into Libya, shaking Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s 42-year grip on power and spawning a deadly civil war that has killed up to 15,000 people.
We take a look back at some of the pivotal events that have led to this moment.
Video by PBS NewsHour’s Mike Fritz
Tonight on the PBS NewsHour (4/5).
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