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Delegations from the European Union and the Carter Center meet with Venezuelan election authorities in Caracas to evaluate the possibility of conducting observation missions for the July 28 presidential election. IMAGES
Venezuela's Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez arrives at parliament in Caracas to discuss a law against fascism proposed by President Nicolas Maduro. Several other ministers and authorities are attending the parliamentary session, including Parliament President, Jorge Rodriguez, and Vice President and Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal pays his first visit to the armed forces at Lyon Mont-Verdun air base 942. IMAGES
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko makes his first public appearance in months, greeting and waving at hundreds of supporters in the capital Dakar, a day after his release from prison. Sonko is welcomed by the crowd ahead of a press conference he was due to hold with his deputy, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was also released from prison on Thursday and who Sonko has endorsed as a candidate for the country's March 24 presidential vote. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a political rally ahead of presidential election despite having little chance of overcoming the hurdles the state has placed in her way. Polls show that Machado, who won an opposition primary with 92 percent of votes cast last October, would likely beat incumbent Nicolas Maduro in elections set for July 28. But she has been disqualified by state-aligned institutions from holding public office, accused of corruption. 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).