In Pictures: Filipinos head to the polls for the Philippine General Election 2016

Millions of Filipinos flocked to election centres all over the Philippines on Monday (May 9) to pick the successors of outgoing Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay. The future President will be decided from a pool of five candidates, Mayor of Davao City, Rodrigo Duterte, often referred to as the 'Trump of the East' currently heads opinion polls. There will also be elections for more than 18,000 regional and local positions.

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May 09, 2016, 04:45 PM

A polling officer (right) holds printed documents from a vote counting machine after polls closed in the presidential election in Manila, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A polling officer pushes a vote counting machine after polls closed in the presidential election in Manila, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A woman carries her child as she queues with other residents to vote during the national elections in Davao city, in southern Philippines, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte casts his vote at a voting precinct in Davao City, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte casts his vote at a voting precinct in Davao City, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte talks to the media before casting his vote in Davao City, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte is surrounded by supporters after casting his vote in Davao City, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, detained on corruption charges, is granted furlough from hospital arrest to vote in Lubao, Manila, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (centre) wearing a neck brace casts her vote in the town of Lubao, Philippines, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Philippine policemen checking a man at a checkpoint along a highway in Datu Unsay town, Maguindanao. PHOTO: AFP

Tribal leader Nicolas Cawed (centre), assisted by his daughter Mia Nicole (left), casts his vote at a polling station in Baguio City, Manila, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Tribal leader Nicolas Cawed, assisted by his daughter Mia Nicole, casts his vote at a polling station in Baguio City, Manila, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (centre) casts his vote at a polling precinct in Tarlac, Philippines, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (centre) casts his vote at a polling precinct in Tarlac, Philippines, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Filipino boxing champion and senate candidate Manny Pacquiao throws his receipt after casting his vote in Kiamba, Sarangani province, Philippines, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao throws his receipt after casting his vote in Kiamba, Sarangani province, Philippines, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao throws his receipt after casting his vote in Kiamba, Sarangani province, Philippines, on May 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Filipinos looks for their names on the voters list inside a public school turned into a polling precinct in in Makati city, south of Manila, Philippines on May 9, 2016.

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Incumbent President Benigno Aquino casting his vote at a school in Tarlac City. PHOTO: TWITTER

Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas casting his vote at the Rufina Andrada Santos Memorial School. PHOTO: INQUIRER

Senator Grace Poe visits Fernando Poe Jr's grave in Manila before voting. PHOTO: TWITTER

Filipino voters queue outside the gate of a polling station before the presidential and vice presidential elections at a polling centre in Manila on May 9, 2016.
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Filipino voters queue outside the gate of a polling station before the presidential and vice presidential elections at a polling centre in Manila on May 9, 2016.
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An elderly Filipino woman (left) places her ballot paper into a vote counting machine during the presidential and vice presidential elections at a polling centre in Manila on May 9, 2016.
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A polling officer (left) helps an elderly woman to cast her vote at a polling centre in Manila on May 9, 2016 during the presidential and vice presidential elections.
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Filipino women cast their votes at a polling centre in Manila on May 9, 2016 during the presidential and vice presidential elections.
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A Filipino woman with the indelible ink on her finger poses for pictures after casting her vote in the presidential and vice presidential elections at a polling centre in Manila on May 9, 2016.
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Residents looks for their names prior to casting their votes at a polling station in the financial district of Manila on May 9, 2016.
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Filipino voters check for their names on lists before casting their votes in the country's presidential election at a polling centre in Manila on May 9, 2016.

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Filipino presidential candidate, Vice president Jejomar Binay gets surrounded by the media as he walks from his home to a public school turned into a polling precinct in Manila. PHOTO: EPA

Fife Vanice Dayola, 21, who was born with bone disalignment, is carried by her mother Rowena Dayola, 41, as she casts her vote in Davao city, Philippines. PHOTO: EPA

A supporter of presidential candidate Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte looks at the list of a sample ballot before voting at the national elections in Davao city, Philippines.
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Filipinos stand in a queue prior to cast their vote inside a basketball court turned into a polling precinct in in Makati city, Manila.
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Residents wait for their turn to vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Davao, on the southern island of Mindanao.
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Residents cast their votes in the country's presidential election at a polling station in Davao, on the southern island of Mindanao.
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Filipino voters look for their names as they prepare to cast their votes during the National Election Day in Davao city, Philippines.

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Filipino Vice Presidential Candidate, Senator Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. casts his vote during the National Election Day in the town of Batac, Philippines.
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People walk over election posters and sample ballots for the presidential election scattered on a footbridge near a polling station in the Quezon City district, Manila.
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Presidential candidate of the ruling party Mar Roxas casts his ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in Roxas City, Philippines, on May 9, 2016.
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Philippine presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe arrives to cast her vote in the presidential election at a polling centre in Manila, on May 9, 2016.
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Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos (left) casts her ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in Batac, Manila, on May 9, 2016.
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Philippine presidential candidate and senator Grace Poe smiles after filling out her vote ballot in a classroom in San Juan, Manila, on May 9, 2016.
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Philippine presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe (centre) shows her finger covered with indelible ink after casting her vote, on May 9, 2016.
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A Filipino man casts his vote during in San Juan city, Manila, on May 9, 2016.
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