Egyptian presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahy waves to supporters as he arrives to formally submit the documents required for his presidential candidacy to Egyptian presidential elections commission, in Cairo, Egypt, 19 April 2014. Leading Egyptian leftist Hamdeen Sabahy 19 April submitted the required papers to stand for the presidency in elections due next month. Sabahy, who came third in the 2012 presidential vote, went to the headquarters of the election commission in eastern Cairo to present the documents, a day before the deadline for nominations ends. Presidential elections, expected to be held in May, will be Egypt's first since the army deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi following mass protests against his. Photo by Mohammed Bendari