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Belarus's exiled opposition leader meets in Paris with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Considered by the West as the real winner of the August 2020 election against the outgoing head of state Alexander Lukashenko, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya accuses the latter of "high treason" for having "helped" Putin's Russia to launch its invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya vows the protest movement against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko will prevail despite a brutal crackdown by Minsk authorities, as she receives the EU's top rights prize. SOUNDBITE
The leader of the main opposition coalition, Ousmane Sonko, votes at a polling station in Zinguinchor in southern Senegal. The Senegalese people will elect their MPs on Sunday, July 31, in a vote that the opposition wants to use to impose a cohabitation on President Macky Sall, who hopes to retain a large majority. IMAGES
Senegalese police surround the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Dakar after his call to defy a ban on demonstrations on the same day amid growing pre-election tensions. IMAGES
Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese says he wants to 'unite the country' after casting his vote in the federal election which will decide the country's next prime minister. "I want to represent all Australians, I want to unite the country. There's been a lot of divisions in recent times," Albanese says. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.