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Added on the 07/10/2018 19:40:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Polls close in Athens as election officials begin counting ballots to determine the results of the European elections. The vote comes as the continent is confronted with Russia's war in Ukraine, global trade and industrial tensions marked by US-China rivalry, a climate emergency and a West that within months may have to adapt to a new Donald Trump presidency. IMAGES 1ST IMAGES
Polls have closed and the vote counting begins in polling stations in the Senegalese capital. Volunteers open up sealed ballot boxes and start counting the ballot papers from the first round of the country's presidential election. IMAGES
A polling station in Istanbul starts to count votes as the ballots close across Turkey in a momentous election for the country that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade grip on power or put the mostly Muslim nation on a more secular course. IMAGES
Polling station close in Asuncion and vote count begins as Paraguyan people went to the polls to choose between right-wing economist Santiago Peña and center-left lawyer Efrain Alegre, both social conservatives, who face off in Paraguay's most closely-run presidential election in many years. IMAGES
Polls in Abidjan close and the counting of ballots begins for Ivory Coast's parliamentary elections. More than seven million voters are choosing their deputies following a campaign without major incidents that raised hopes for a return to a peaceful political climate, four months after a turbulent presidential election. IMAGES