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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison admits defeat in national elections after a "difficult night" for his conservative government. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Libertarian outsider Javier Milei celebrate after his rival, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, conceded defeat in Argentina's election. His rival, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, had around 44 percent of the total, with 86 percent of votes counted. IMAGES
Supporters cheer and celebrate in Guatemala City as their candidate Bernardo Arevalo was swept to victory in Guatemala's presidential election. IMAGES
Ioannis Sarmas, the President of the Greek Court of Audit Court that monitors public finances is welcomed by former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the presidential palace in Athens, Greece. Sarmas has been sworn in to head a caretaker government tasked with calling the next election. Parliament is set to temporarily convene on Sunday and be dissolved Monday when the election is formally announced. IMAGES
Greece's Prime Minister and President of the New Democracy Party Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives at the Presidential Palace, where he will be welcomed by Greece's President Katerina Sakallaropoulou who has handed him the mandate to form a government. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said he was seeking a new vote as soon as June 25 in order to obtain a ruling majority, a day after his party won national elections that failed to produce a single-party government. IMAGES
Populist ex-Czech prime minister and candidate in the presedential election, Andrej Babis, votes in the village of Pruhonice just after the polling stations opened for the election's first round. Babis, 68, is the fifth wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, according to Forbes magazine, and is facing a general and an academic leading in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES