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Retired NATO general Petr Pavel votes in the Czech presidential election run-off in which he is expected to beat billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis. The victor will replace Milos Zeman, an outspoken and divisive politician who nursed close ties with Moscow before making a U-turn when Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Former paratrooper Pavel topped final opinion polls with 58-59 percent support, compared with 41-42 percent for Babis. IMAGES
Besh Kungei, Jan 10 (EFE/EPA).-Kyrgyzstan's acting prime minister Sadyr Japarov, who took the office following October uprising last year, overwhelmingly won Sunday's presidential elections in the Central Asian country, where voters also turned their backs on parliamentarism in a controversial referendum. (Camera: IGOR KOVALENKO). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND REFERENDUM IN BESH KUNGEI, KYRGYZSTAN.
Taiwan presidential frontrunner Tsai Ing-wen cast her ballots in Saturday's presidential and parliamentary elections. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Speaker of parliament and presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini votes in the second round of Slovakia's presidential election in the capital Bratislava. Final pre-election polls put Pellegrini, a Ukraine-sceptic backed by the ruling populists, and pro-Western candidate Ivan Korcok neck-and-neck, with Pellegrini gaining 51% of the vote and Korcok 49%. IMAGES
Indonesia's defence minister and presidential frontrunner, Prabowo Subianto, casts his vote at a polling station in Bogor, south of Jakarta. 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).