
A street in suburban Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is covered in campaign posters. Polls opened nationwide on Monday, May 9, 2016.

Filipino voters check the voters' list as they queue up to cast their choice for the presidential elections in Davao City in southern Philippines on May 9, 2016.

Crowds gather in front of a polling station on May 9, 2016. Millions of voters are expected to troop to polling precincts all over the country to elect the successor to President Benigno Aquino III.

People fill out ballots on Monday, May 9, 2016. The front-running presidential candidate is the foul-mouthed, crime-busting mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

Eighty-year-old Dioleta Esteban is assisted as she votes at a polling center in suburban San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 9, 2016.

Esteban shows the indelible ink on her finger after casting her vote.

Boys distribute election leaflets outside a polling precinct in Davao City on May 9, 2016.

Voters had to bear the stifling heat and long lines at some polling stations.

Presidential candidate Grace Poe votes at a polling center in San Juan, east of Manila, on May 9, 2016.

Presidential candidate and current Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay (right) inserts his ballot into the vote counting machine inside a polling center at the San Antonio National High School in Makati, Philippines on May 9, 2016.

Workers check computers at the command center of the church-backed election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in Manila, Philippines on the eve of election day, Sunday, May 8, 2016.

An election worker carries official ballots as they are distributed to polling centers in the suburban Quezon City, north of Manila on May 8, 2016.

People search for their names and their polling precincts on May 8, 2016.


