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Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro votes in Colombia's presidential election. Opinion polls show that many Colombians are pinning their hopes on Petro, an ex-guerrilla and former mayor of Bogota, to address poverty, rural violence, urban crime and endemic corruption. IMAGES
Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro casts his vote in the capital Bogota as he faces millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in Colombia's presidential election runoff. IMAGES
Polls open in Colombia for the first round of a divisive presidential election likely to impact on the government's fragile peace deal with the former rebel movement FARC. IMAGES
Images of the Atanasio Girardot International Bridge closed and guarded by police on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, days before the presidential elections. Caracas ordered the armed forces to close the border between Friday 26 July and Monday 29 July to "guarantee the inviolability of the border and prevent the activities of persons who could pose a threat to security" as Venezuelans are expected to vote in presidential elections on July 28. IMAGES
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
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.