Myanmar’s parliamentary election

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves NLD headquarters to deliver a speech, in Yangon, Myanmar.

A huge crowd gather outside the headquarters of National League of Democracy party displaying a huge portrait of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon.

Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party watch official result on a giant screen outside the party headquarters in Yangon.

A man looks on waiting as crowds gather for the election result announcement in front of the National League for Democracy’s headquarters after Myanmar’s first free and fair election in Yangon, Myanmar.

A buddhist monk reads a newspaper as another browses his smartphone in Yangon. Vote counting in Myanmar’s landmark election was well underway following a massive turnout that could see Aung San Suu Kyi’s party catapulted to power and the end of decades of military control.

Supporters of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy party brave rain outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar.

Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi stand in front of a giant scren as they look at the official results of the elections outside the National League of Democracy headquarters in Yangon.