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Supporters of Chad's junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, attend his final campaign rally ahead of Monday's vote. The elder Deby died in a gunbattle with rebels in 2021 after ruling the country with an iron fist for 30 years. The 40-year-old Mahamat is now favourite for the presidential election. IMAGES
President of the centre-right Social-Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata (PSD) since May 2022, Luis Montenegro holds his final rally ahead of the March 10 general election. The 51-year-old led its parliamentary group when it was in power from 2011 to 2015 and imposed severe austerity measures. Despite the far right's potential for depriving the PSD of a parliamentary majority, Luis Montenegro has insisted he will not accept entering into a coalition with Chega. IMAGES
Spain's centre-right Ciudadanos party holds a rally in Barcelona. Spain will hold a repeat general election on Sunday, its fourth in four years, in a further sign of chronic political instability since the parliament began fragmenting in December 2015. 39-year-old Albert Rivera's Ciudadanos party entered the national parliament in 2015, pledging to wipe out the traditional left-right divide. IMAGES
Spain's far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal attends a final campaign rally ahead of Sunday's election in which his far-right party looks set to make big gains, fuelled by its tough opposition to Catalan independence. IMAGES
After spending several days in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrives at a Caracas rally attended by thousands of demonstrators protesting President Nicolas Maduro's disputed claim that he won his country's election. Machado is greeted by cheers and cries of "Freedom, freedom!" and is accompanied by several opposition leaders but not her presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. 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.