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Anti-Islam firebrand and leader of Far-right party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders speaks to journalists as he casts his ballot. Dutch voters head to the polls for a nail-biting election that will transform the country's political landscape after Prime Minister Mark Rutte's record 13 years in power. IMAGES
1ST IMAGES of Poland's pro-European coalition holding a march a week ahead of the European election. IMAGES
Voting gets under way in Ireland in an election which could see it become the latest eurozone country to face political instability as anger against hardship and austerity erodes support for traditional parties. IMAGES
Ireland's parliament votes in favour of Simon Harris as the country's new prime minister, replacing Leo Varadkar after he abruptly quit last month citing personal and political reasons. Harris, 37, will become Ireland's youngest ever prime minister when he is formally installed in the role at a meeting with President Michael D. Higgins. IMAGES
Speaker of parliament and presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini votes in the second round of Slovakia's presidential election in the capital Bratislava. Final pre-election polls put Pellegrini, a Ukraine-sceptic backed by the ruling populists, and pro-Western candidate Ivan Korcok neck-and-neck, with Pellegrini gaining 51% of the vote and Korcok 49%. 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).