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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
President of the centre-right Social-Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata (PSD) since May 2022, Luis Montenegro holds his final rally ahead of the March 10 general election. The 51-year-old led its parliamentary group when it was in power from 2011 to 2015 and imposed severe austerity measures. Despite the far right's potential for depriving the PSD of a parliamentary majority, Luis Montenegro has insisted he will not accept entering into a coalition with Chega. IMAGES
Israeli protesters wave national flags outside the Knesset in Jerusalem as they rally against the hard-right government's controversial judicial overhaul plan, on the eve of a key vote in parliament. IMAGES
Israeli demonstrators wave national flags and chant pro-democracy slogans as they rally in Tel Aviv, the country's commercial centre, for the 29th consecutive week to protest against a controversial judicial reform bill that faces a final vote early next week. IMAGES
Israelis protest in Jerusalem against the government's judicial reform bill which they say threatens democracy, as lawmakers ready for a key vote on the controversial overhaul. IMAGES