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Voters wait in line to vote outside polling stations during the presidential and legislative elections in Mbare, Harare, on 23 August, 2023. Zimbabweans began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)
An election poster for Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's president, in the Mbare suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, on 23 August, 2023. Zimbabweans began voting amid high inflation and rampant poverty in an election that human rights groups say has been tainted from the get-go. (Photo: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg)
Voters wait in a queue to cast their ballots in the 2023 Zimbabwean general election, in Mabvuku, Harare, Zimbabwe on 23 August 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli)
President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa casts his vote for the 2023 Zimbabwean general election at Sherwood Primary School in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, 23 August 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE/Stringer)
Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa casts his vote for the 2023 Zimbabwean general election at Kuwadzana Primary School in Harare, Zimbabwe on 23 August 2023. (EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli)
People wait to vote at a polling station during Zimbabwe's presidential and legislative elections in Bulawayo, on August 23, 2023. (Photo: Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in the Mbare suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, on 23 August 2023. (Photo: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg)
A polling agent marks a voter's finger at a polling station in the Mbare suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, on 23 August, 2023. (Photo: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Zimbabweans at the bus terminal in Johannesburg on 22 August 2023, made the costly journey home in time to vote in the national elections. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)