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Vote counting is underway for the controversial replay of Istanbul's mayoral election. The opposition candidate was headed for a comfortable victory on Sunday, dealing a blow to the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
A huge crowd of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate outside the Presidential Palace in Ankara after the incumbent declared victory in a historic runoff election. The vote, cast as being the most important in generations, saw Turkey's longest-serving leader pitted against a powerful opposition alliance. Near-complete results showed him leading secular rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, by four percentage points. IMAGES
Supporters of former Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shed tears of joy and hug each other as they celebrate victory in Rio de Janeiro. Lula won a new term in office, capping a remarkable political comeback to defeat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a deeply divisive, down-to-the-wire runoff election. IMAGES
Lula's supporters celebrate his victory in the presidential runoff in Sao Paulo. Veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins a new term, capping a remarkable political comeback to defeat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a deeply divisive, down-to-the-wire runoff election. IMAGES
The deposed mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, casts his vote in the re-run election after the cancellation of the first results after appeals by Erdogan's AKP party. IMAGES