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Biram Dah Abeid, a human rights activist and one of the incumbent president's main rivals votes in Nouakchott in Mauritania's presidential election. IMAGES
Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez casts her vote during presidential election dominated by two women -- a historic first in a country with a history of gender-based violence and discrimination. Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum had a 17 percentage point lead over her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez on the eve of the vote. IMAGES
Bulgaria's opposition candidate Kiril Petkov casts his ballot in the country's presidential election. Petkov and his colleague Asen Vasilev formed the We Continue the Change movement last September. Their party now polls neck-and-neck with the Socialists with around 16 percent of the votes. IMAGES
Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrives at Caracas polling station to cast her ballot, as the country votes between continuity in President Nicolas Maduro or change in rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia amid high tension following the incumbent's threat of a "bloodbath" if he loses. IMAGES
Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez casts his vote at a Caracas polling station, as the country votes between the continuity of President Nicolas Maduro or change, amid high tension after the incumbent threatened a "bloodbath" if he loses. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI366F7VW_EN, VIDI66C2R6_EN, VIDI36637TM_EN