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Armenia's opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan is elected Prime Minister by parliament. IMAGES
Several thousand protesters stage rallies in the Armenian capital against former president Serzh Sarkisian as he moves to maintain a chokehold on power as prime minister. Demonstrators marched through the centre of the capital Yerevan and blocked streets in opposition to a change of government that will see Sarkisian maintain huge influence under a new parliamentary system of government. IMAGES
President of the centre-right Social-Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata (PSD) since May 2022, Luis Montenegro holds his final rally ahead of the March 10 general election. The 51-year-old led its parliamentary group when it was in power from 2011 to 2015 and imposed severe austerity measures. Despite the far right's potential for depriving the PSD of a parliamentary majority, Luis Montenegro has insisted he will not accept entering into a coalition with Chega. IMAGES
Thailand's parliament opens to vote for a prime minister, with frontrunner Pita Limjaroenrat saying he was confident despite a barrage of last-minute hurdles that could undo his bid for the premiership. IMAGES
Israelis march through Jerusalem to parliament to protest against the government's budget proposal. Ahead of the budget votes beginning late May 23 and continuing May 24, the drum-beating demonstrators, bearing Israeli flags, accused the ruling coalition of "looting" the state's money. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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