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Israelis arrive to vote as polls open in Rosh Haayin in their fifth election in less than four years, with the hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu campaigning for a comeback alongside far-right allies. IMAGES
Israelis prepare a polling station in Hebron for their fifth election in less than four years, with the hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu campaigning for a comeback alongside far-right allies. IMAGES
Residents of Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, arrive early and queue to cast their vote ahead of polls opening in the presidential election second round, choosing between wildly different visions of their future offered by incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
People respond to a call from opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya to turn up at polling stations at midday Moscow time (0900 GMT) in a form of protest that attempts to overwhelm them. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who galvanised mass anti-Putin rallies, had urged Russians to protest on March 17. The polling station is where opposition leader Alexei Navalny was registered. IMAGES
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Russian-controlled Crimea, as the three-day presidential election kicks off. Early voting got underway in occupied territories of Ukraine, and the vote will also take place in Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 -- a move that most of the international community has refused to recognise. IMAGES