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By the light of a flashlight, electoral agents begin counting ballots as polls closed in Chad's referendum on a new constitution, a vote seen as a key step toward elections and the return of civilian rule promised, which has been postponed, by the ruling military junta. IMAGES
Polls close in Columbus, Ohio, after voters were asked by referendum whether or not to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution. According to first projections by US media, the "yes" votes won, in what could be a bellwether for an issue which is likely to dominate next year's presidential race. IMAGES
A polling station wraps up affairs in Tashkent as the polls close across Uzbekistan, ending a day of voting in the Central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040. Mirziyoyev, 65, became president in 2016 after the death of dictator Islam Karimov. IMAGES
Images of a demonstration in Edinburgh in support of Scottish independence, after the UK's Supreme Court rejects Scotland's bid for a referedum. IMAGES
Supporters of Scottish independence gather outside the United Kingdom Supreme Court as a ruling is announced which reject's the Scottish Parliament's right to unilaterally call a referendum without the backing of the Westminster-based UK Parliament. IMAGES
The President of Britain's Supreme Court, Lord Robert Reed, announces the court's ruling that the Scottish Parliament cannot unilaterally legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence without the backing of the Westminster-based government of the United Kingdom, in a set-back for the Scottish National Party and those supporting a repeat of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. SOUNDBITE