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Images of vote count in Manila for the presidential election in the Philippines. With more than 90 percent of an initial count concluded, the son of late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Junior has secured almost 30 million votes, more than double the tally of his nearest rival, liberal candidate Leni Robredo. IMAGES
Ultraconservative presidential candidate Saeed Jalili casts his ballot in Iran's runoff election pitting him against reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian. The election follows the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. IMAGES
Mauritanians begin voting to decide whether to re-elect President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as head of the desert country, an oasis of peace in Africa's volatile Sahel region. IMAGES
Chadians begin to vote as polling stations open in N'Djamena to elect their president after three years of transition under military rule. Voters are to choose whether to extend decades of Deby family rule with the junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno or opt for his own prime minister, Succes Masra, denounced as a stooge by critics in the absence of any other serious challenger. The eight other candidates, either little known or considered not hostile to the regime, are not expected to win many votes. IMAGES
Panamanians begin voting in the country's presidential elections, featuring a crowded field of eight candidates, with the protege of an ex-head of state convicted of corruption in the lead. IMAGES