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Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates her Australian Open champion at Melbourne's Brighton Beach after beating Petra Kvitova in a three-set thriller that also gives her the world number one ranking. IMAGES
Firebrand politician Geert Wilders celebrates his far-right, anti-Islam party's win in Dutch elections, according to exit polls, with cheering supporters in The Hague. The PVV (Freedom Party) won 35 seats in parliament, according to the Ipsos exit poll, comfortably winning the election, with the centre-right bloc on 23 seats and a left-wing bloc on 26. IMAGES
Former-Lagos governor Bola Tinubu waves the flag of Nigeria's ruling party All Progressive Congress (APC) after being announced as its candidate for the 2023 election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. IMAGES
Images of Colombia's leftist presidential candidate, Gustavo Petro celebrating on stage after voters gave him a historic lead Sunday in the country's first round of presidential elections that will culminate in a runoff in June. With more than 97 percent of votes counted, preliminary results showed 62-year-old Gustavo Petro, a former Bogota mayor, leading with 40.3 percent to 28 percent for Rodolfo Hernandez, a 77-year-old populist outsider in surprise second place. SOUNDBITE
Images of Melbourne Park as the Australian Open begins, the day after Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia. World number one Djokovic was supposed to have been the headline act in the night session, but the unvaccinated Serbian is not defending his title after a court upheld the cancellation of his visa. IMAGES
Images of Melbourne Park, the venue for the Australian Open 2022. Australia vowed Friday to enforce its Covid-19 vaccine border rules as a decision loomed on the deportation of unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic. IMAGES