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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Espoo as Finland elects its president. Some 4.3 million voters will have to choose between former conservative prime minister Alexander Stubb and ex-foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, a Green Party MP running as an independent. The changing geopolitical landscape in Europe will be the main concern for the new head of state, who will lead the country's foreign policy together with the government and act as supreme commander of Finland's armed forces. IMAGES
Liberians begin voting in the second round of a presidential election pitting former football star and current head of state George Weah against political veteran Joseph Boakai. IMAGES
Polls open and Cypriots cast their ballots in a close presidential election between three front runners, with the electorate focused more on corruption and the economy than the island's long-standing division. IMAGES
Images of voters in Czech Republic's village of Pruhonice, southeast of Prague, as polling stations open in the first round of the country's 2023 presidential elections. IMAGES
French expats living in Moscow cast their ballots in the presidential run-off between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his challenger Marine Le Pen, after a fractious campaign that has seen the far right come its closest yet to winning power. IMAGES