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Taiwan's vice president William Lai and his delegation greets sworn-in Paraguayan president Santiago Pena, his wife Leticia Ocampos and Paraguayan vice-president Pedro Alliana, his wife Fabiana Maria Souto after presidential inauguration ceremony. IMAGES
Paraguay's new President Santiago Peña receives the presidential sash from Senate President Silvio Ovelar next to his wife First Lady Leticia Ocampos during his inauguration at the esplanade of Lopez Presidential Palace in Asuncion as he takes office for a constitutionally limited single five-year term. IMAGES
Center-left candidate Efrain Alegre votes in Paraguay's presidential elections, a highly undecided vote that threatens seven decades of right-wing hegemony in Asuncion. IMAGES
President Paul Kagame, widely expected to win his fourth term, casts his ballot in Kigali, in the presidential and parliamentary elections. Accompanied by the first lady, Jeannette Kagame, the president chats with the election personnel before voting. IMAGES
"I'm hoping to get at least 55% of the votes for president," says opposition candidate and leader of the Democratic Green Party Frank Habineza, after casting his ballot in Kigali. This as incumbent candidate, President Paul Kagame, is widely expected to win another term and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. In 2017 Habineza won just 0.48 percent of the vote. Millions of Rwandans are voting in the general elections to select a president and parliamentary lawmakers. SOUNDBITE