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The first voters head to the polls in London's Bermondsey district as the UK's general election begins. The vote is widely expected to see the return of the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. IMAGES
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha casts his vote in the general election after a campaign that played out as a clash between a young generation yearning for change and the traditionalist, royalist establishment. IMAGES
Retired Czech army general and candidate in the 2023 presedential election, Petr Pavel, votes in the village of Cernoucek as the polling stations have just opened for the election's first round. Pavel, 61, served as the chief of the Czech general staff and chair of NATO's military committee and is a former paratrooper decorated as a hero of the Serbo-Croatian war. He is facing a billionaire and an academic in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES
Centrist caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid arrives to deliver an address to his supporters after the end of voting in the fifth national election in less than four years. 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