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A Caracas resident casts her ballot as polls open in legislative elections set to tighten Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's grip on power and weaken his US-backed rival, Juan Guaido, who is leading a boycott of the polls he calls a fraud. IMAGES
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro casts his ballot in the parliamentary election, seeking a victory that would give the ruling Socialist Party control of an expanded 227-seat National Assembly -- the only institution not in its hands. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez rally amid a crowd of supporters in Caracas, a day after four people died and dozens were injured in protests against President Nicolas Maduro's impugned presidential victory. IMAGES
Frank Habineza, opposition presidential candidate and leader of the only authorised opposition party, the Democratic Green Party, casts his ballot in Kigali. Millions of Rwandans began voting in presidential and parliamentary elections, with the African nation's leader Paul Kagame expected to win another term and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. IMAGES
Biram Dah Abeid, a human rights activist and one of the incumbent president's main rivals votes in Nouakchott in Mauritania's presidential election. IMAGES
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.