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French President Emmanuel Macron votes in Le Touquet in northern France for the first round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
Outgoing President Macky Sall casts his ballot with his wife in the central western town of Fatick as Senegalese people vote for a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of turmoil and political crisis. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for 20 years, votes in Istanbul during the presidential elections. A former mayor of Istanbul (1994-1998), Erdogan rose to power in 2003 after the Justice and Development Party (AKP, Islamo-conservative) he founded won the elections the previous year. IMAGES
Former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy votes in the 16th district of Paris, shortly after the opening of the polling stations for the first round of the presidential election. IMAGES
Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov votes in parliamentary elections as tensions simmer after claims of a plot to unseat him. In three decades of independence, the impoverished ex-Soviet Central Asian nation has become a byword for volatility, with three presidents unseated during street protests fuelled by a combination of corruption, crackdowns and anger over perceived election irregularities. IMAGES