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Taiwan's president-elect speaks at a rally of the island's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after winning a presidential election in which he pitched himself as the defender of Taiwan's democratic way of life. Lai's victory delivers an unprecedented third term for the DPP. IMAGES
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds its closing rally for presidential candidate and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, on the eve of an election that China has warned could take the island of 23 million people closer to war. Tens of thousands of people have flocked to noisy rallies of the main candidates as they make a last push for votes. IMAGES
Thousands of people in Lagos, await the arrival of Bola Tinubu, Nigerian presidential candidate of the ruling party (APC, for his final campaign rally days before the presidential elections on February 25. IMAGES
Tens of thousands gather in Georgia for a ruling party campaign rally, ahead of elections to be held after the arrest of ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. Georgia's president from 2004-2013, Saakashvili was arrested and imprisoned on October 1 days after he secretly returned from exile in Ukraine, prompting tens of thousands to rally in Tbilisi, demanding his release. He has been on hunger strike for nearly four weeks to protest what he calls a politically motivated prosecution and doctors expressed concerns over the risk of irreversible damage to his health. IMAGES
At least 20,000 supporters of Armenia opposition candidate Robert Kocharyan pack a central square in the capital Yerevan, ahead of snap parliamentary polls this weekend. Supporters of Pashinyan's main rival, including decorated war veterans, gather in the capital's Republic Square waving flags and chanting "Kocharyan!". IMAGES