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People sing in the streets in Ziguinchor, an opposition stronghold, as results come in from Senegal's presidential elections. Opposition figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye appeared clearly ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results published by local media and on social networks. However, the governing coalition backing presidential candidate Amadou Ba said late Sunday said it was "certain" the election would go to a second-round vote. IMAGES
Senegals' anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye votes in the presidential election at the Ecole Ndiandiaye polling station in Ndiaganiao. IMAGES
Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, are released from prison ten days before the country's election. Their released sparked an outburst of celebration among thousands of Dakar residents who spontaneously took to the streets of the Senegalese capital. IMAGES
Images of Poland's liberal Civic Coalition's gathering in Warsaw as the opposition party is tipped to win the country's parliamentary elections, winning over the ruling populists and the far-right. The party is led by former EU chief Donald Tusk and two smaller opposition parties. They are expected to win 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, according to an exit poll. IMAGES
The leader of the main opposition coalition, Ousmane Sonko, votes at a polling station in Zinguinchor in southern Senegal. The Senegalese people will elect their MPs on Sunday, July 31, in a vote that the opposition wants to use to impose a cohabitation on President Macky Sall, who hopes to retain a large majority. IMAGES
Dozens of protesters take to the streets of Senegal's capital after two Senegalese opposition figures were arrested. Barthelemy Dias and Ousmane Sonko, both fierce critics of President Macky Sall, were detained as they headed in a motorcade to the appeals court in Dakar for a hearing involving Dias' conviction in a fatal shooting. IMAGES