Zimbabweans voted in large numbers on July 31, 2013, in a fiercely contested election pitting veteran President Robert Mugabe against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who vowed to push Africa's oldest leader into retirement after 33 years in power. Mugabe, 89, was sworn in for a five-year term after Zimbabwe's highest court on threw out a legal challenge that alleged the July 31 elections won by President Robert Mugabe were marred by fraud.
Zimbabwe 2013 Elections in Pictures
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Election campaign posters are pictured near Zimbabweans walking on a street blocked by uncollected garbage in Harare July 17, 2013. President Robert Mugabe's rivals said the chaotic organisation of early voting for soldiers and police showed Zimbabwe was not ready for the July 31 general election in which nearly six million people had registered to vote.
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Movement For Democratic Change(MDC) supporters chant the partys slogan as MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai addresses thousands of party supporters at his last campaign rally before elections set for July 31, in Harare, July, 29, 2013.
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Election posters in support of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, top and bottom, and Morgan Tsvangirai, prime minister and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) center left, and MDC legislator Murisi Zwizwai, center, on a tree on the eve of elections in Zimbabwe on July 30, 2013.
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Residents of Epworth peep through a hole while watching a street performance a day before elections, Harare, July, 30, 2013.