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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina casts her ballot in an election guaranteed to give her a fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties. IMAGES
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha casts his vote in the general election after a campaign that played out as a clash between a young generation yearning for change and the traditionalist, royalist establishment. IMAGES
Populist ex-Czech prime minister and candidate in the presedential election, Andrej Babis, votes in the village of Pruhonice just after the polling stations opened for the election's first round. Babis, 68, is the fifth wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, according to Forbes magazine, and is facing a general and an academic leading in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES
Polls opened Sunday in Japan's upper house elections, just two days after former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail. The election, which is expected to see Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party increase its majority, has been overshadowed by the murder. But Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other politicians have insisted the shock killing would not halt the democratic process. IMAGES
Australian PM Scott Morrison votes in the country's federal election. Morrison -- behind in the pre-election polls -- is telling voters to stick with him, boasting of a 48-year-low jobless rate of 3.9 percent in a resurgent post-lockdown economy IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.