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Retired NATO general Petr Pavel votes in the Czech presidential election run-off in which he is expected to beat billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis. The victor will replace Milos Zeman, an outspoken and divisive politician who nursed close ties with Moscow before making a U-turn when Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Former paratrooper Pavel topped final opinion polls with 58-59 percent support, compared with 41-42 percent for Babis. IMAGES
Images of vote count in Manila for the presidential election in the Philippines. With more than 90 percent of an initial count concluded, the son of late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Junior has secured almost 30 million votes, more than double the tally of his nearest rival, liberal candidate Leni Robredo. IMAGES
Kyrgyzstan's frontrunner Sadyr Japarov votes in Sunday's presidential election. Central Asian Kyrgyzstan holds presidential polls that are likely to see populist Sadyr Japarov go from prisoner to president following a crisis over a disputed parliamentary vote. ++ COMPLETES 8YG7QE ++ IMAGES
Frontrunner Volodymyr Zelensky casts his vote in Ukraine's presidential elections. Zelensky, a comedian whose political experience is limited to playing the president on TV, has been polling with more than 25 percent support in final surveys, well ahead of his nearest rivals incumbent Petro Poroshenko and ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. IMAGES
President Paul Kagame, widely expected to win his fourth term, casts his ballot in Kigali, in the presidential and parliamentary elections. Accompanied by the first lady, Jeannette Kagame, the president chats with the election personnel before voting. IMAGES