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With more than one-third of the votes counted, two allied pro-European parties in Ukraine that ran on a platform to enact radical reforms took a joint lead Monday in a parliamentary election.

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A local resident places her ballot into a mobile ballot box during a parliamentary election, at her home in Horodyshche near Chernihiv.STRINGER

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A woman walks in front of newspapers bearing informations on the Ukrainian parliamentary elections in Kiev.SERGEI GAPON/AFP / Getty Images

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A woman sells caviar to a client at a market in Kiev, Ukraine.Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press

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Ukrainians read newspapers on a metro train, in Kiev, Ukraine.Sergei Chuzavkov/The Associated Press

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A visitor takes a photo of his girlfriend at the WWII memorial in Kiev, Ukraine.Efrem Lukatsky/The Associated Press

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An old woman begs on a street near Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine.Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press

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Mykhaylo Okhendovsky, head of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission, walks past a screen displaying the partial results of the parliamentary election at the commission's headquarters in Kiev.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters

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A general view shows Khreshchatyk, main street of Kiev.VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP / Getty Images

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Toilet paper printed with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at right, and fake ID cards with the identity of the main politicians in Ukraine are displayed for sale on a stand in Kiev's Independence Square.Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press

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A woman sells cigarettes on a street near Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine.Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press

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A woman lights candles at the St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kiev.Efrem Lukatsky/The Associated Press

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A woman with children walks near houses damaged by recent shelling in the village of Semyonovka near Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine.VASILY FEDOSENKO/Reuters

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