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Polls have closed and the vote counting begins in polling stations in the Senegalese capital. Volunteers open up sealed ballot boxes and start counting the ballot papers from the first round of the country's presidential election. IMAGES
Election officials begin counting votes in Madrid after polls closed in an election where the right was expected to make a comeback. The vote took place just three weeks after Spain took over the rotating presidency of the European Union, and the expected shift to the right would deal a fresh blow to the European left. Polls closed at 1800 GMT and although Spain does not publish exit polls, figures from a last-minute Sigma Dos poll taken in the days before the vote, suggested Alberto Nunez Feijoo's PP would win 145-150 seats, falling short of the 176-seat absolute majority required to govern alone. IMAGES
Polls in Abidjan close and the counting of ballots begins for Ivory Coast's parliamentary elections. More than seven million voters are choosing their deputies following a campaign without major incidents that raised hopes for a return to a peaceful political climate, four months after a turbulent presidential election. IMAGES
A polling station in Madrid closes and ballots begin to be counted as Spain wraps up its general election, the fourth in as many years, with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez raising the alarm over the far-right Vox. IMAGES of the ballots being counted
Polling stations close and vote counting begins after Turks were voting in first round of dual parliamentary and presidential elections seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's toughest test, with the opposition revitalised and his popularity at risk from growing economic troubles. 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).