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After an unprecedented campaign that mobilized Donald Trump and his White House successor Joe Biden, Georgians troop to the polls for two closely-watched US Senate runoffs that could shape the first years of the new Democratic presidency. IMAGES
Ultraconservative presidential candidate Saeed Jalili casts his ballot in Iran's runoff election pitting him against reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian. The election follows the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. IMAGES
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a "victory" by campaigners. The senate upper house gives final approval -- by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions -- to changes to the marriage law allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside Argentina's National Congress in Buenos Aires as senators debate a key reform package for far-right President Javier Milei, who this week marks six months in office without passing any law. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says he's working with Congress to name Kenya as the first major non-NATO US ally in sub-Saharan Africa during a joint press conference at the White House with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto. SOUNDBITE