The Syrian flag is seen hanging on a polling booth as a woman goes to cast her ballot in the Syrian presidential election Tuesday, June 3, in Damascus, Syria. The election took place while civil war still rages in the country, and only in areas controlled by the regime of current President Bashar al-Assad.
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The Syrian flag is seen hanging on a polling booth as a woman goes to cast her ballot in the Syrian presidential election Tuesday, June 3, in Damascus, Syria. The election took place while civil war still rages in the country, and only in areas controlled by the regime of current President Bashar al-Assad.
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A Syrian man shows his ink-stained finger and holds the remains of a burnt cross after casting his vote at a church in Homs, Syria, on June 3. Al-Assad easily won re-election in a vote that opposition groups and many Western countries said has been rigged from the start.
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A Syrian man shows his ink-stained finger and holds the remains of a burnt cross after casting his vote at a church in Homs, Syria, on June 3. Al-Assad easily won re-election in a vote that opposition groups and many Western countries said has been rigged from the start.
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Syrians cast their votes in the damaged courtyard of the Umm al-Zunnar church in Homs on June 3.
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Syrians cast their votes in the damaged courtyard of the Umm al-Zunnar church in Homs on June 3.
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Men in Aleppo, Syria, pretend they are casting their votes June 3 during a mock election calling for al-Assad to the stripped of his Syrian nationality.
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Men in Aleppo, Syria, pretend they are casting their votes June 3 during a mock election calling for al-Assad to the stripped of his Syrian nationality.
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Syrians cast their votes at the Umm al-Zunnar church in Homs on June 3.
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Syrians cast their votes at the Umm al-Zunnar church in Homs on June 3.
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A Syrian man shows his ink-stained thumb after he voted in Homs on June 3.
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A Syrian man shows his ink-stained thumb after he voted in Homs on June 3.
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A woman leaves a polling station at an old train station in Damascus on June 3.
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A woman leaves a polling station at an old train station in Damascus on June 3.
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Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp in Jordan put their shoes in a trash bin that reads "voting box" during a protest against the election on June 3.
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Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp in Jordan put their shoes in a trash bin that reads "voting box" during a protest against the election on June 3.
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Presidential candidate Hassan al-Nouri casts his ballot in Damascus on June 3. Al-Nouri is a businessman and former government minister.
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Presidential candidate Hassan al-Nouri casts his ballot in Damascus on June 3. Al-Nouri is a businessman and former government minister.
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In this photo released by Syria's national news agency SANA, al-Assad casts his vote in Damascus on June 3. At right is his wife, first lady Asma al-Assad.
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In this photo released by Syria's national news agency SANA, al-Assad casts his vote in Damascus on June 3. At right is his wife, first lady Asma al-Assad.
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In this handout photo released by SANA, presidential candidate Maher Hajjar casts his vote in Damascus on June 3. Hajjar is a lawmaker.
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In this handout photo released by SANA, presidential candidate Maher Hajjar casts his vote in Damascus on June 3. Hajjar is a lawmaker.
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Ignatius Aphrem II, head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, right, arrives to vote in Damascus on June 3.
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Ignatius Aphrem II, head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, right, arrives to vote in Damascus on June 3.
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A woman casts her ballot June 3 in Damascus.
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A woman casts her ballot June 3 in Damascus.
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