AFGHANISTAN-VOTE

Afghan election workers carry election material for distribution at a warehouse in Mazar-i-Sharif before the election material kits were sent to different polling stations around Balkh province in northern Afghanistan on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. Eight candidates are running in the April 5 presidential election, with a second round run-off between the two leading contenders expected in late May. AFP PHOTO/FARSHAD USYAN (Photo credit should read FARSHAD USYAN/AFP via Getty Images)