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Chileans turn out at polling stations in the National Stadium, the country's biggest polling center, for a second referendum aimed at replacing the country's dictatorship-era constitution. Voters are being asked to approve or reject a more conservative draft. IMAGES
Riot police use water cannon against protesters in the streets of Santiago after Chileans emphatically rejected a proposed new constitution to replace the one adopted during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. IMAGES
People gather in Istanbul's Sarachane area after partial results show the main Turkish opposition party claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara. The country has been dominated for more than two decades by the AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
Early voters head to a Dublin polling station to take part in a double referendum on proposals to modernise constitutional references to the make-up of a family and women's "duties in the home". All the major political parties support a "Yes-Yes" vote, which falls on International Women's Day. IMAGES
A handful of anti-Trump and pro-Trump protesters gather outside the US Supreme Court to protest against Donald Trump as the US Supreme Court is set to hear Trump's appeal against the Colorado ballot ban, examining his eligibility for the Republican primary ballot in the state of Colorado due to his involvement in the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by his supporters. IMAGES
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