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A woman casts her vote in a polling station in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Sunday, November 8. Aung Shine Oo/AP
A woman's finger is dipped in ink after casting her ballot in Dala, a village outside of Yangon, Myanmar, on November 8. Amanda Mustard/AP
People rally outside the National League for Democracy office after Myanmar's first free and fair election in 25 years on November 8 in Yangon. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images
Votes are counted in a polling station in Yangon on November 8. Amanda Mustard/AP
A vendor reads a local weekly journal showing a portrait of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Thein Sein and others. Khin Maung Win/AP
Pro-democracy supporters are optimistic that the election could be the beginning of real change in the country, which has been isolated for decades because of its repressive military-dominated government. Aung Shine Oo/AP
Tin Aye, chairman of Myanmar's Union Election Commission, inspects a polling station in Naypyidaw on November 7. Aung Shine Oo/AP
Thu Ryain Shwe, 26, of the National Unity Party, one of the youngest candidates in the parliamentary election, wears his candidate ID in Zigon. Amanda Mustard/AP
A devotee prays at a chanting ceremony in Mandalay, Myanmar, on November 7 to bless citizens and to pray for a fair and peaceful election. Hkun Lat/AP
A supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party holds a party flag in Mandalay on November 5. Hkun Lat/AP