Photojournalist Ben Lowy is back in Libya with his iPhone this month. He shares this taste of the lead-up and aftermath of Saturday’s election, the first since Qaddafi came to power more than four decades ago.
Pictured: Although elections generally went smoothly, Libyan Federalists protested in Benghazi, decrying unfair seat distribution.
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Libyans walk past election campaign posters last week in Tripoli, Libya’s capital. Public spaces were filled with posters prior to the elections. Five parties pushed to get their candidate elected president, and about 3,700 candidates, including 585 women, sought Congressional seats.
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Election campaign posters hang from a gutted building on Tripoli Street last week in Misrata.
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A man sits under an election campaign poster last week in Tripoli, Libya.
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A man holds up his ink-stained finger and the new national Libyan flag after voting last Saturday in Benghazi, Libya. Turnout was more than 60 percent.
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A young boy stands next to a voting booth while his father votes last week in Benghazi.
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An enthusiastic woman waits in line to vote in Benghazi.
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A Libyan Federalist screams "Long live Cyrenaica"—referring to the easternmost region of Libya—as he flees a sacked election polling station last Saturday in Benghazi.
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A Libyan Federalist holds a burning ballot slip at a roundabout where hundreds of Federalists protested the elections last Saturday in Benghazi.
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Ballot boxes in Benghazi, before they are transported to a secret location on the grounds of a former Libyan military base. The head of Libya's largest Islamist party refused to concede defeat Wednesday, as ballot counting continued.
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