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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan arrives at a polling station with his wife Saadiya and their dog Luna to cast his vote in the British capital's mayoral and local elections as the Labour candidate bids to win an unprecedented third term in City Hall. Polling stations have opened across across England for a host of crunch local ballots likely to ratchet up the pressure on embattled Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. IMAGES
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is up for re-election with the Labour Party, makes an appearance at a south London polling station with his wife Saadiya and their dog Luna. IMAGES
Londoners go to the polls to elect their new mayor following a bitter campaign between the two leading candidates that stayed ugly to the very end. IMAGES of Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith at polling station before and after voting
"I'm hoping to get at least 55% of the votes for president," says opposition candidate and leader of the Democratic Green Party Frank Habineza, after casting his ballot in Kigali. This as incumbent candidate, President Paul Kagame, is widely expected to win another term and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. In 2017 Habineza won just 0.48 percent of the vote. Millions of Rwandans are voting in the general elections to select a president and parliamentary lawmakers. SOUNDBITE
Ultraconservative presidential candidate Saeed Jalili casts his ballot in Iran's runoff election pitting him against reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian. The election follows the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. IMAGES