FUTURE HOPE: Ethnic Tamils stand in a queue before casting their votes at the Manik Farm camp for the internally displaced in Vavuniya, about 230 km north of Colombo.
MISSED CALL: Opposition candidate retd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka speaks on a mobile phone on the day of voting in Colombo.
MARCHING ORDERS: Sri Lankan soldiers patrol the surroundings of a hotel where opposition presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka stays in Colombo.
FIRM GRIP: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa casts his vote at a polling station near Madamulana, 178 km south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Photos: AP
SURGING AHEAD: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa smiles inside a vehicle after casting his vote at a polling booth near Madamulana, 178 km south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Photos: AP
JUBILATION: Supporters of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa raise after the initial results were out in Colombo on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
PARTY TIME: Supporters of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa watch a TV broadcasting election results in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.