In pictures: Bangladesh votes

Security was tight in Bangladesh as the country went to the polls to replace a caretaker government.

Queuing started early outside polling stations, with women and men lining up separately.

Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League was the first of the main contenders to cast her vote in Dhaka...

...followed shortly afterwards by Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Many voters expressed satisfaction that the ID system was an improvement on past polls.

Some polling agents in Dhaka grabbed a quick breakfast before going into polling stations.

Some 200,000 electoral observers, including 2,500 from abroad, are monitoring the vote.

The parties of both leading candidates, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, have been in power before.

The candidates have pledged to lower food prices, and to tackle corruption and terrorism.

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