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Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez casts his vote at a Caracas polling station, as the country votes between the continuity of President Nicolas Maduro or change, amid high tension after the incumbent threatened a "bloodbath" if he loses. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI366F7VW_EN, VIDI66C2R6_EN, VIDI36637TM_EN
Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez casts her vote during 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 had a 17 percentage point lead over her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez on the eve of the vote. IMAGES
Centrist presidential candidate Edmond Mulet, a UN diplomat and one of the frontrunners in Guatemala's presidential election, casts his ballot in the capital Guatemala City. Lawyer and career diplomat Mulet, 72, is running his second presidential campaign. He came third in 2019. IMAGES
Center-left candidate Sandra Torres, the ex-wife of deceased former leftist president Alvaro Colom and one of the frontrunners in Guatemala's presidential election, casts her ballot in Guatemala City. IMAGES
Leftist former Brazilian president and current candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva casts his ballot in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo state, in a presidential election runoff against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. 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.