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Polls close in Athens as election officials begin counting ballots to determine the results of the European elections. The vote comes as the continent is confronted with Russia's war in Ukraine, global trade and industrial tensions marked by US-China rivalry, a climate emergency and a West that within months may have to adapt to a new Donald Trump presidency. IMAGES 1ST IMAGES
Polls close and vote counting starts in El Salvador, with incumbent President Nayib Bukele's victory all but confirmed thanks to his no-holds-barred war on gangs that has slashed homicide rates in a violence-weary nation. IMAGES
After the closing of the polls in the Liberian general elections, polling staff count up the ballots cast, as representatives from different political parties observe and tally the votes. IMAGES
Election officials begin counting votes in Madrid after polls closed in an election where the right was expected to make a comeback. The vote took place just three weeks after Spain took over the rotating presidency of the European Union, and the expected shift to the right would deal a fresh blow to the European left. Polls closed at 1800 GMT and although Spain does not publish exit polls, figures from a last-minute Sigma Dos poll taken in the days before the vote, suggested Alberto Nunez Feijoo's PP would win 145-150 seats, falling short of the 176-seat absolute majority required to govern alone. IMAGES
Vote counting begins at a polling station in Bangkok as polls close in Thailand's general election, with pro-democracy opposition parties predicted to defeat the conservative army-backed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha. IMAGES