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France's far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, who scored a close third-place finish in the first-round vote, casts his ballot in Marseille for the secound round of the presidential election. IMAGES
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate for the hard-left La France Insoumise party, casts his ballot in the port city of Marseille during the first round of France's presidential elections. Polls opened in mainland France at 0600 GMT after an unusual campaign overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that analysts warned could lead to unpredictable outcomes with turnout a major factor. IMAGES
Hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader the freshly-formed New Ecological and Social Popular Union (NUPES), votes in Marseille in the first round of the French parliamentary elections, as the left seeks to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
Starvation cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and his suspected accomplices arrive in court to file a plea after a Kenyan court charged them with murder over the deaths of more than 400 followers. Mackenzie is alleged to have incited his acolytes to starve to death in order to "meet Jesus" in a case that provoked horror across the world. IMAGES
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France's left-wing alliance 'Nupes' (New Popular Social and Ecological Union, Eds.), votes in Marseille during the second round of the parliamentary elections. 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).