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Family photo of the newly designated Swedish Prime minister, Margareta Andersson, with her government ministers outside the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm. Sweden's parliament elected Magdalena Andersson as the country's Prime minister, the first woman to hold the post, five days after her initial bid lasted only hours. IMAGES
Images of Swedish government’s leaders arriving to the Parliament and of the beginning of the Parliament’s debate session dedicated to Sweden's potential NATO application as well as anti-NATO protesters outside. IMAGES
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson says Sweden "should join NATO" as she questions whether the Nordic country's longstanding policy of military non-alignment remains appropriate with Russia's invasion of Ukraine "undermining the European security order that Sweden builds its security on." SOUNDBITE
Sweden ends a four-month political vacuum by electing Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few left-wing governments. IMAGES from inside the Swedish Parliament
Armenia's opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan is elected Prime Minister by parliament. IMAGES