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Populist ex-Czech prime minister and candidate in the presedential election, Andrej Babis, votes in the village of Pruhonice just after the polling stations opened for the election's first round. Babis, 68, is the fifth wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, according to Forbes magazine, and is facing a general and an academic leading in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES
French far-right National Rally (RN) party leader Jordan Bardella votes in the first round of high-stakes snap parliamentary elections. The vote could put the far-right in power in France for the first time since the Nazi occupation in World War II. IMAGES
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina casts her ballot in an election guaranteed to give her a fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties. IMAGES
Opposition leader and former EU chief Donald Tusk votes in Poland's parliamentary elections. "We are voting today again for our fundamental rights and for our fundamental values. This is why Poles feel about what is at stake," he says as he leaves the polling station. Opinion polls indicate the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will get the most votes but may struggle to build a governing coalition, giving a chance to the opposition. IMAGES
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha casts his vote in the general election after a campaign that played out as a clash between a young generation yearning for change and the traditionalist, royalist establishment. IMAGES