First phase of polling begins in India's general elections

An Indian voter verifies his name in the voters' list in front of a polling station in the southern city of Hyderabad, India, April 11, 2019. The first phase of polling in India's general elections began on Thursday morning, and votes are to be polled in as many as seven different phases over the next 39 days. More than 170,000 polling booths have been set up nationwide for the first phase of polling. (Xinhua/Zhao Xu)