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Austria has elected the former leader of the Greens party to be its next president, narrowly avoiding becoming the first country in the European Union to vote in a far-right candidate as head of state.
Supporters cheer and celebrate in Guatemala City as their candidate Bernardo Arevalo was swept to victory in Guatemala's presidential election. IMAGES
Supporters of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro cry and pray as Brazil's veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president by a hair's breadth, beating the incumbent in a down-to-the-wire poll that split the country in two. 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
Besh Kungei, Jan 10 (EFE/EPA).-Kyrgyzstan's acting prime minister Sadyr Japarov, who took the office following October uprising last year, overwhelmingly won Sunday's presidential elections in the Central Asian country, where voters also turned their backs on parliamentarism in a controversial referendum. (Camera: IGOR KOVALENKO). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND REFERENDUM IN BESH KUNGEI, KYRGYZSTAN.
President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a three-part plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan is to take place in his first 100 days as president, says Business Insider. The plan, he said on Tuesday, includes asking all Americans to wear a mask. He also plans to complete 100 million vaccine shots and open most schools. "My first 100 days won't end the COVID-19 virus, I can't promise that," Biden said. However, Biden does believe the 100 days we can change the course of the disease in the US.