High voter turnout in snow, cold shows triumph of democracy

Despite sub-freezing temperatures and snow, two-thirds of Ukraine's eligible voters turned out for the first round of the nation's presidential election.

Activists from the Ukrainian feminist organization "Femen" portrayed prostitutes at a polling station. The posters read: "Don't sell your vote" and Don't be a slut."



Officials of a local election commission emptied a ballot box at a polling station in Dnipropetrovsk.




President Victor Yushchenko voted with wife Kateryna.




Candidates Arseniy Yatseniuk,



Sergiy Tigipko



and Volodymyr Lytvyn remained optimistic as they cast their ballots.