
A Hindu devotee prays to the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, a day before the city goes to the polls. Thousands of troops fanned out across parts of India on Wednesday, a day ahead of elections to determine who will lead the country as the global economic slump threatens to undo two decades of growth.

Hindu devotees participate in a prayer ceremony on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, a day before the city goes to the polls

Boys play in the waters of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, a day before the city goes to the polls. Thousands of troops fanned out across parts of India on Wednesday, a day ahead of elections to determine who will lead the country as the global economic slump threatens to undo two decades of growth.

Children play on the banks of the river Ganges, in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Thousands of troops fanned out across parts of India on Wednesday, a day ahead of elections to determine who will lead the country as the global economic slump threatens to undo two decades of growth.


Muslim women stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station, during the first phase of general elections, in Varanasi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2009.

People stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station, during the first phase of general elections, in Varanasi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2009

People wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station, during the first phase of general elections,in Varanasi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2009.

Polling officials look on as a Muslim man casts his vote at a polling station, during the first phase of general elections, in Varanasi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2009.

People wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the first phase of general elections in Varanasi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Hundreds of thousands of Indians went to polling stations Thursday to start the world's biggest democratic elections, a monthlong process expected to yield no clear winner to lead India as it grapples with global economic malaise.
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