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Angola's ruling party, the MPLA, held a major rally in Luanda on Saturday ahead of the country's general election on 23 August. IMAGES
Thousands of Mexicans gather at Zocalo Square in the capital for the closing campaign rally of ruling-party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum. Mexico will hold a general election on June 2, and its next president will face an array of challenges, including managing migration, maintaining delicate relations with the neighboring United States, and addressing criminal violence that has left more than 450,000 people dead and tens of thousands missing since 2006. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people rally in Georgia against a controversial "foreign influence" bill after parliament advanced the measure denounced by Brussels as detrimental to Tbilisi's long-standing European aspirations. Waving Georgian and European Union flags, demonstrators gathered outside parliament after lawmakers passed the bill in a second reading. IMAGES
Supporters of jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvilli and his United National Movement Party rally in Tblisi, Georgia's capital, to demand his release after the ruling party imprisoned him on the eve of highly controversial local elections. Chanting Saakashvili's name and waving national flags, demonstrators fill the capital's Freedom Square as well as the main thoroughfare, Rustaveli Avenue, with an AFP correspondent estimating the crowd at more than 50,000 people. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the final rally ahead of the September 26th elections for CDU candidate Armin Laschet. The election on Sunday will mark the end of Merkel's 16 years in power and the beginning of a rare period of unpredictability in Europe's top economy, with the race too close to call. IMAGES