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Supporters of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hold a rally on Republic Square in the centre of Yerevan amid a deepening political crisis over last year's war with Azerbaijan. Pashinyan is under increasing pressure from the opposition for his handling of the war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which saw Armenia suffer heavy losses and agree to hand over swathes of territory to Azerbaijan. IMAGES
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrives in Moscow ahead of a tripartite meeting with Russian and Azerbaijani leaders on Nagorno-Karabakh. Vladimir Putin is due to receive Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the Armenian PM in Moscow for trilateral talks on the implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement in the contested region, signed on November 9 under the aegis from Russia. IMAGES
Poland's Prime Minister and former President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, reacts at the centrist Civic Coalition's (KO) headquarters in Warsaw as polls close for the European elections. IMAGES
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrives at the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) headquarters ahead of making a statement claiming a sweeping victory in the Balkan country's parliamentary elections. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi ahead of trilateral talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. Moscow is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes amid the growing Western engagement in the region, where Russia -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. 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.