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Emmanuel Macron lays flowers at a monument for Armenian priest Komitas in a ceremony marking the Armenian genocide in Paris. The centrist is the clear favourite to become France's youngest-ever president after topping Sunday's ballot with 23.75 percent of votes, ahead of National Front (FN) leader Le Pen on 21.53 percent. IMAGES of Macron laying flowers
Staff at a polling station in Istanbul count votes in the second round runoff of Turkey's presidential election. Polls on Sunday showed a close vote, with incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, favourite to extend his 20-year rule until 2028. Turkey's longest-serving leader defied critics by emerging from the election's first round on May 14 with a comfortable lead against secular challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu. COMPLETES EN_33GF8LY IMAGES
Armin Laschet, the CDU candidate for the German federal chancellorship supported by Angela Merkel, arrives at the Élysée Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
President Emmanuel Macron and French ministers take part in a Franco-German Council of Ministers by videoconference at the Elysée Palace, the fourth since the beginning of the five-year term. IMAGES
Dozens of protesters gather outside the American consulate in Istanbul after Joe Biden became the first US president to recognise the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. The landmark move has drawn praise from Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and condemnation from Turkey's ally Azerbaijan. IMAGES
Armenian Americans rally in Los Angeles on the 106th anniversary of the killings of Armenians by Ottoman troops. Earlier on Saturday, Joe Biden became the first US president to recognize the 1915 killings as genocide. It's a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as Biden defied decades of pressure by Turkey. IMAGES