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The first voters cast their ballots in Paris as polling stations open for the first round of parliamentary elections. The abstention rate is predicted to be well over 50% as a resurgent and newly unified left seeks to thwart Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
Voters turn up at 8 a.m. at the opening of a polling station in Besançon, in eastern France, to vote in the first round of the parliamentary elections, for which the abstention rate is predicted to be well over 50 percent. IMAGES
The first voters in Nantes, in western France, cast their ballots in the first round of the parliamentary polls, pitting Emmanuel Macron's coalition against an increasingly competitive left-wing alliance, led by Jean-Luc Melenchon. IMAGES
Polling stations open across Rwanda for presidential and parliamentary elections with the African nation's leader Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. Nine million Rwandans will cast their ballots across 2,433 polling stations. IMAGES
Kuwaitis queue outside a polling station in Kuwait City as polls for the parliamentary elections open. More than 793,000 eligible voters will have the chance to determine the make-up of the 50-seat legislature in the only Gulf Arab state to have an elected parliament with powers to hold government to account. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.