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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
General Mahamat Idriss Deby, head of the Chadian junta, votes at a polling station in N'djamena. The presidential election marks an end of a three year military rule, with an unprecedented match between Deby and his prime minister, Succes Masra, the former opponent of his regime. IMAGES