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ArabicMyanmar went to the polls Sunday, with many hoping that the landmark elections would mark a new era of political cooperation.
Landmark elections in Myanmar
Photos: Landmark elections in Myanmar
A woman casts her vote in a polling station in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Sunday, November 8.
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A woman's finger is dipped in ink after casting her ballot in Dala, a village outside of Yangon, Myanmar, on November 8.
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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.
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Votes are counted in a polling station in Yangon on November 8.
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A vendor reads a local weekly journal showing a portrait of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Thein Sein and others.
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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.
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Tin Aye, chairman of Myanmar's Union Election Commission, inspects a polling station in Naypyidaw on November 7.
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Thu Ryain Shwe, 26, of the National Unity Party, one of the youngest candidates in the parliamentary election, wears his candidate ID in Zigon.
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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.
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A supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party holds a party flag in Mandalay on November 5.
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