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First voters line up on "Super Tuesday" for the presidential primaries to cast their ballots at a polling station in Huntington Beach, California. IMAGES
Voters in Tuvalu cast their votes to elect a new government, amid speculation that the Pacific micronation could switch diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing. IMAGES
Voters in Belfast head to the polls as the UK stages local and regional elections that could prove historic in Northern Ireland which could see a pro-Irish nationalist party win for the first time in the troubled history of the British province. IMAGES
Santiago de Chile, Jul 17 (EFE).- A year and a half after protests put the country's institutionality on the ropes and in a polarized Latin America, Chile opted for moderation on Sunday with the election of former government minister Sebastian Sichel and former student leader Gabriel Boric as candidates for the presidential elections in November.Against all odds and defying the polls once again, Sichel and Boric prevailed by a wide margin over political heavyweights who had emerged as favorites over recent weeks, including the ultraconservative former mayor Jaoquín Lavín and the communist mayor Daniel Jadue. (Camera: JOSE CAVIEDES).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VOTE IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE, CHILE.
New York City, Jun 22 (EFE).- Primary elections for mayor of New York City are being held on Tuesday with a clear focus on the Democratic contest, the winner of which will be in pole position ahead of the Nov. 2 general balloting.The front-runner among the Democrats, retired police officer and current Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, cast his ballot at 6.30 am at a polling station in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, joined by just a handful of fellow early risers. (Camera: JORGE FUENTELSAZ).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE HEAD TO POLLING STATION IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.SOUND BITES: VOTER CHERYL AND NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE, ANDREW YANG (IN ENGLISH).
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).