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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
Car convoy allegedly carrying Luis Fernando Camacho -- Bolivian key opposition figure and governor of the economic powerhouse Santa Cruz region -- arrives at a police station in La Paz as people loyal to Bolivian president Luis Arce gather outside. IMAGES
Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on Monday declared winner of a hotly contested presidential election after capturing more than 2.8 million votes. "I therefore declare the said Hakainde Hichilema to be president-elect of the Republic of Zambia," electoral commission chairman Justice Esau Chulu said in a televised address. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of opposition supporters attend a festive concert, organised by the authorities, in downtown Minsk ahead of the country's presidential election. Belarus will hold presidential election on August 9, 2020. IMAGES
Hundreds gather outside the Russian embassy in Berlin to protest against Russia's invasion in Ukraine on the last day of a presidential election guaranteed to see Vladimir Putin win another six-year term. 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).
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