The Most Surprising Pictures of 2010

September 17, 2010. A donkey transports ballot boxes to villages unreachable by vehicles north of Kabul. Afghanistan held parliamentary elections on September 18. The vote was the

Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
Photograph by Ahmad Masood / Reuters
A donkey transports ballot boxes to villages unreachable by vehicles north of Kabul, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan held parliamentary elections on September 18. Voter turnout was lower than in any of the four national elections held in post-Taliban Afghanistan, with violence keeping voter numbers low. Widespread allegations of fraud tainted the final results.

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