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The presidential candidate for Senegal's governing coalition, former prime minister Amadou Ba, says he is "very confident" of a first-round election victory after voting in the capital Dakar. SOUNDBITE
Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the eurosceptic Freedom Party (FPOe), votes in Austria's legislative elections. The vote is tipped to see conservative Sebastian Kurz, 31, become the EU's youngest leader and form an alliance with the far-right, in the bloc's latest populist test. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
Austria has elected the former leader of the Greens party to be its next president, narrowly avoiding becoming the first country in the European Union to vote in a far-right candidate as head of state.
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou secures 92 percent of the vote in a controversial run-off ballot boycotted by the opposition, according to official results. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
Jorge Alvarez Maynez, presidential candidate for the Citizens' Movement Party, arrives at the National Electoral Institute (INE) headquarters in Mexico City for the first debate ahead of the presidential elections on June 2. 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).