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Spanish voters head to the polls to decide whether to hand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or, as polls suggest, bring the right back to power with the conservative Popular Party. IMAGES
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and his delegation leave their hotel in the Solomon Islands ahead of meetings with the Honiara government. It comes as China puts forward a wide-ranging draft agreement and a five-year plan to ten nations in the Pacific, as part of Wang's tour of Pacific nations, which began Thursday. The South Pacific is increasingly a theatre for competition between China and the United States -- which has been the primary power in the region for the last century. IMAGES
Damaged buildings and graffiti on the walls are some of the aftermath scenes on Sunday following days of rioting in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara. What began as a small protest on Wednesday quickly descended into a violent free-for-all, with poor Honiara residents joining anti-government protesters to rampage through the shattered glass and burnt-out remains of businesses for things to eat or sell. IMAGES
Nigeriens begin voting Sunday to elect their president in a runoff presidential election, the first peaceful transition of power since independence from France in 1960. IMAGES
Guineans begin voting in a tense presidential election seen as a test of democracy as incumbent President Alpha Conde seeks a controversial third term in office. 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).
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