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Guatemalan center-left presidential candidate Sandra Torres, the ex-wife of deceased leftist former leftist president Alvaro Colom, attends her closing campaign rally ahead of the June 25 election. IMAGES
People gather in Istanbul's Sarachane area after partial results show the main Turkish opposition party claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara. The country has been dominated for more than two decades by the AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
The presidential candidate for Senegal's governing coalition, former prime minister Amadou Ba, says he is "very confident" of a first-round election victory after voting in the capital Dakar. SOUNDBITE
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a political rally ahead of presidential election despite having little chance of overcoming the hurdles the state has placed in her way. Polls show that Machado, who won an opposition primary with 92 percent of votes cast last October, would likely beat incumbent Nicolas Maduro in elections set for July 28. But she has been disqualified by state-aligned institutions from holding public office, accused of corruption. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
Members of Portugal's centre-right opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) react to the release of an exit poll which predicts their victory in the elections. IMAGES