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Venezuelans vote between continuity in President Nicolas Maduro or change in rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia amid high tension following the incumbent's threat of a "bloodbath" if he loses. IMAGES
Mexicans start to vote in a presidential election dominated by two women -- a historic first in a country with a history of gender-based violence and discrimination. Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, a former Mexico City mayor and a scientist by training, had a 17 percentage point lead over her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez on the eve of the vote. IMAGES
Voters line up in Cape Town to vote in the general elections which are widely believed to be one of the most contested polls in the last 30 years. IMAGES
Polls open in El Salvador with victory in the bag for incumbent President Nayib Bukele thanks to his no-holds-barred war on gangs that has slashed homicide rates in a violence-weary nation. IMAGES
Ecuadorians in Guayaquil vote in the South American nation's presidential election. The name of assassinated candidate Fernando Villavicencio appears on the ballot papers printed before his death. Ecuadorians are choosing a successor to Guillermo Lasso, who called an early election to avoid an impeachment trial just two years after his election. IMAGES