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The largest Turkish opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), holds its last rally in Ankara in the final countdown to the toughest election challenge of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the CHP's leader and the six-party opposition's chosen candidate to challenge Erdogan, is currently leading in the polls with a slight advantage and within a whisker of breaking the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff on May 28. IMAGES
Demonstrators in the streets of Niger's capital Niamey face off against police as opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, the day after the Electoral Commission officially announced provisional results with ruling candidate Mohamed Bazoum as the winner. IMAGES
Supporters of right-wing Turkish nationalist Ersin Tatar celebrate his win in the presidential election in the northern part of Nicosia, the capital of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. IMAGES
Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvvatov is shot dead by an unknown assailant on an Istanbul street.(Rough cut / No reporter narration)
Turkish police have sealed off Istanbul's central Taksim Square to prevent any May Day protests, with scuffles breaking out in the nearby Besiktas district after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned unions to stay away from any provocative steps. The stepped-up security measures come a day after Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said authorities had designated 40 areas for May Day celebrations with the exception of the emblematic Taksim Square. IMAGES
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