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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Espoo as Finland elects its president. Some 4.3 million voters will have to choose between former conservative prime minister Alexander Stubb and ex-foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, a Green Party MP running as an independent. The changing geopolitical landscape in Europe will be the main concern for the new head of state, who will lead the country's foreign policy together with the government and act as supreme commander of Finland's armed forces. IMAGES
Polling station workers start counting votes after the close of polls in Ecuador's presidential runoff, as opinion polls have the two contenders, economist Andres Arauz and ex-banker Guillermo Lasso, neck and neck in the battle for control of the country of 17.4 million. IMAGES
Polling stations open in Côte d'Ivoire for presidential elections after a campaign marked by inter-community violence. Two of the four candidates are boycotting the vote OVER President Alassane Ouattara's contested attempt to secure a third term. Voting started shortly after 0800 local time (0800 GMT) in the working-class area of Abobo, in the main city of Abidjan. IMAGES
People vote at a polling station in Raleigh as in-person early voting in the US presidential election starts in the battleground state of North Carolina. IMAGES
Polling stations across Costa Rica opened early Sunday for a presidential election that has split the country between Fabricio Alvarado, an ultra-conservative evangelical preacher who slams gay rights, and Carlos Alvarado (no relation), a former minister from the center-left ruling party. The result will decide who rules the small Central American nation of five million people for the next four years. IMAGES