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Sovereignist Presidential candidate Nicolas Dupont-Aignan votes in Yerres, in Essonne, in the first round of the French presidential election. IMAGES
Les Républicains (LR/The Republicans, Eds.) candidate Valérie Pécresse slips her ballot into the box at her polling station in Vélizy-Villacoublay, near Paris, during the first round of the French presidential election. IMAGES
Socialist presidential candidate Anne Hidalgo votes in Paris, shortly after the opening of polling stations, for the first round of voting. IMAGES
"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