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Hundreds gather outside the Russian embassy in Berlin to protest against Russia's invasion in Ukraine on the last day of a presidential election guaranteed to see Vladimir Putin win another six-year term. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES
A polling station in Prague opens on the second day of Czech presidential run-off election, in which retired NATO general Petr Pavel is expected to beat the billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis. IMAGES
Images of iconic Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on the day of Brazil's first round of presidential elections. Brazilians are called to polls to decide their new president in a polarising election in which leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. IMAGES
Russians head to the polls on the final day of elections for seats in the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament. Russian President Vladimir Putin's party is set to retain a majority in parliament on the last day of three-day elections in which most Kremlin critics were barred from running. IMAGES