Counting on hope
, April 21, 2014
A girl sits next to concertina wires during a National Conference (NC) party election campaign rally addressed by Kashmir's chief minister Omar Abdullah (unseen), at Duroo, south of Srinagar on April 21. Around 815 million people have registered to vote in the world's biggest election - a number exceeding the population of Europe and a world record - and results of the mammoth exercise, which concludes on May 12, are due on May 16. Reuters/Danish Ismail