In Anton Grejo, East Java province, Indonesia, election workers use horses to transport ballot boxes and other election paraphernalia to polling stations in remote villages.
In Indonesia** on Wednesday, iconic white ballot boxes and ballots were transported by motorcycles, boats, and even horses and on foot to the world's largest archipelago for nearly 20.5 billion eligible voters choose their candidates.
The journey can be tough.
Ballot boxes and ballots sometimes had to be carried by hand up hills, across rivers and through forested villages to reach the 17,000 islands that stretch more than 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from east to west.
In the world's third-largest democracy, voting requires a lot of boxes and ballots.
Once at the polling station, voters must process five ballots at the same time, choosing one from three pairs of ** and deputy ** candidates, as well as national, provincial, regional and municipal candidates.
The official vote counting process is laborious and can take up to 35 days. However, the public can expect a large number of sampling-based early vote counts as registered private voting and survey groups will deploy thousands of volunteers and staff to polling places.