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Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara vote in Jerusalem during the fifth election in less than four years. IMAGES
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in the general election. Netanyahu, 71, is Israel's longest-serving premier and its most popular politician, but his inability to unite a stable governing majority behind him has mired the country in political gridlock. IMAGES
The General Secretary of Ghana's opposition party the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Asiedu Nketiah, announces that his party is maintaining its "original position to reject the Presidential results as declared by the electoral commission." President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term with 51.59 percent of the vote, beating longtime NDC rival John Mahama who garnered 47.36 percent, according to official results announced on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE
The United States vetoes a draft UN resolution rejecting President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, after all 14 other Security Council members backed the measure. IMAGES
Palestinians in Jerusalem protested Saturday US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the city as the Israeli capital. IMAGES