Protests erupt over alleged fraud in Zimbabwe election

Zimbabwean anti-riot police officers close the entrance to the Rainbow Towers where the election's results were announced, as supporters of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), protest against alleged widespread fraud by the election authority and ruling party, in Harare, on Aug. 1, 2018.

A Zimbabwean soldier beats a man in a street of Harare on Aug. 1, 2018 as protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election. One man was shot dead, AFP witnessed, after the Zimbabwean army opened fire in central Harare on Wednesday as protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Aug. 1 called for peace as police fired water cannon and teargas at opposition supporters in Harare over alleged fraud in Zimbabwe's elections.

A wounded man reacts at the sight of soldiers while taking shelter in a stall at a market in Harare, on Aug. 1, 2018.

A supporter of Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance push a barrel in front of a fire in Harare on Aug. 1, 2018, as protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election.

People stand near blood stains on the pavement while the Zimbabwean Army patrols the streets of Harare on Aug. 1, 2018 as protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election.

Supporters of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), protest against alleged widespread fraud by the election authority and ruling party, after the announcement of election's results, in the streets of Harare, on Aug. 1, 2018.

Ballot papers are poured onto a table as the counting of the votes begins during the Zimbabwean General Election at the at St Peter's Church polling station in the suburb of Mbare on July 30, 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

People queue early in the morning outside a polling station located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, on July 30, 2018 to vote during general elections. Zimbabwe goes to the polls in its first election since authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year, with allegations mounting of voter fraud and predictions of a disputed result.

A man casts his ballot in a polling station located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, on July 30, 2018 during the first round of general elections.

A Zimbabwean Police Officer checks a polling station located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, on July 30, 2018.

A member of the public casts her vote in the Zimbabwean General Election on July 30, 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe's first lady Auxilia Mnangagwa casts her vote as she accompanies her husband at the Sherwood Primary School in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe on July 30, 2018.

Voters cast their ballots in a polling station located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, on July 30, 2018.

A woman carrying her baby casts her ballot in a polling station located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, on July 30, 2018.

An elections officer applies indelible ink to a voter finger during early morning voting in Kwekwe as Zimbabwe conducts a general election on July 30, 2018.