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Images of voters in Czech Republic's village of Pruhonice, southeast of Prague, as polling stations open in the first round of the country's 2023 presidential elections. IMAGES
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Espoo as Finland elects its president. Some 4.3 million voters will have to choose between former conservative prime minister Alexander Stubb and ex-foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, a Green Party MP running as an independent. The changing geopolitical landscape in Europe will be the main concern for the new head of state, who will lead the country's foreign policy together with the government and act as supreme commander of Finland's armed forces. IMAGES
President and re-election candidate Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron return to their home in Le Touquet after voting in the first round of the presidential elections. IMAGES
Voters crowd into a polling station in Lyon's 2nd arrondissement at midday during the first round of the French presidential election. 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.
Benin voters head to the polls to vote in the country's first round of the presidential election under a tense atmosphere with critics accusing President Patrice Talon of skewing the race in his favour by sidelining opposition leaders. IMAGES