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Iraq's populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr arrives to cast his ballot as polls open for parliamentary elections in the central Iraqi shrine city of Najaf. IMAGES
Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov votes in parliamentary elections as tensions simmer after claims of a plot to unseat him. In three decades of independence, the impoverished ex-Soviet Central Asian nation has become a byword for volatility, with three presidents unseated during street protests fuelled by a combination of corruption, crackdowns and anger over perceived election irregularities. IMAGES
Chileans head to the ballot box as polls open in the capital Santiago for the fourth time in 18 months, this time for the election of a new president. IMAGES
The outgoing president of France's Les Républicains party in the southern region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA), Renaud Muselier, casts his ballot in Marseille for the first round of the regional and departmental elections. Muselier is running for re-election after teaming up with Emmanuel Macron's centrists. IMAGES
Pope Francis is welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi as he arrives to Baghdad International Airport on historic trip to Iraq. The 84-year-old, who said he was making the first-ever papal visit to Iraq as a "pilgrim of peace," will also reach out to Shiite Muslims when he meets Iraq's top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. IMAGES TO COMPLETE WITH VIDI94C2CB_EN
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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