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Added on the 13/01/2024 03:45:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Opposition leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party, Nelson Chamisa, goes to the ballot box to cast his vote in the Zimbabwean elections. After voting he addresses the press outside, accusing the government of a "clear and deliberate ploy" of withholding ballot papers for "other candidates" in urban areas such as Harare. IMAGES
Indonesian ex-military general Prabowo Subianto casts his vote in the race to lead the world's third-biggest democracy, a re-run of the 2014 election contest narrowly won by Joko Widodo, Indonesia's heavy metal-loving leader. IMAGES
Bosnian opposition leader Zeljko Komsic votes in Sarajevo. Bosnians are voting for leaders who will steer the future of their poor and splintered nation, where politicians are still fanning the divisive nationalism that fuelled its 1990s war. IMAGES
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in London, as Britain begins voting in local and mayoral elections that are expected to increase pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The polls are the last major electoral test before a general election that Sunak's Tory party, in power since 2010, seems destined to lose to Starmer's Labour opposition. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES