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French president Emmanuel Macron cast his ballot in Le Touquet, where his family owns a home. Parliamentary elections are predicted to give Macron's centrist party a commanding majority. IMAGES.
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen votes in the first round of parliamentary elections in her north-of-France constituency. IMAGES
Opposition leader and former EU chief Donald Tusk votes in Poland's parliamentary elections. "We are voting today again for our fundamental rights and for our fundamental values. This is why Poles feel about what is at stake," he says as he leaves the polling station. Opinion polls indicate the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will get the most votes but may struggle to build a governing coalition, giving a chance to the opposition. IMAGES
Images of Prime minister Kaja Kallas in her party headquarters (Reform Party, centre-right) just before the vote results in Tallinn, Estonia, as the country voted on Sunday to elect its new parliament in an election that could strengthen the far-right nationalists, a party that campaigned on opposition to new arms shipments to Ukraine. IMAGES
Denmark's incumbent Prime Minister and head of the Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen votes in what promises to be a tight election in which the balance of power could be tipped by which side of the political divide manages to woo the middle ground. The latest polls give the left-wing "red bloc", led by incumbent Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats, 49.1 percent against 42.4 percent for the "blues", an informal liberal and conservative alliance, supported by three populist parties. 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).