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Outgoing President Macky Sall casts his ballot with his wife in the central western town of Fatick as Senegalese people vote for a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of turmoil and political crisis. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is running for re-election, casts his ballot in the seaside resort of Le Touquet, in southern France, as he battles far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in the run-off. IMAGES
Polling stations in Bishkek open for Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary elections as tensions simmer after claims of a plot to unseat populist President Sadyr Japarov, who rose to power in post-vote unrest last year. 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
South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa casts his ballot in the Hitekani Primary School in Soweto. The leader says the ANC knows "what the problems are" and wants to correct them "this time around". IMAGES
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