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Ireland's parliament votes in favour of Simon Harris as the country's new prime minister, replacing Leo Varadkar after he abruptly quit last month citing personal and political reasons. Harris, 37, will become Ireland's youngest ever prime minister when he is formally installed in the role at a meeting with President Michael D. Higgins. IMAGES
Newly installed Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris visits Belfast for the first time since taking office, meeting Northern Irish political leaders at Stormont Castle. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal votes in the European elections at a school in Vanves, near Paris. The head of the ruling party's list for the June 9 polls Valerie Hayer has largely failed to score with the public in the campaign for the election where the French far-right appear set to score a victory in a major setback for the ruling Renaissance party of President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni votes in a polling station in a school South of Rome at the opening of the polls for the European elections. Polls suggest Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party looks set to claim 27 percent of the vote, equalling 22 seats, amid a broader surge of far-right groups across the EU. IMAGES
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives to vote in parliamentary and regional elections at a polling station in his hometown of Beshasha, in the Jimma zone of Oromo state. He is facing voters for the first time since coming to power in 2018 championing a democratic revival in Africa's second-most populous country, and a break from its authoritarian past. IMAGES