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Parliament members gather at the Palais des Nations in Algiers for a meeting to name a new interim president one week after the long serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down. 1ST IMAGES
Venezuela's opposition gather in the streets of Caracas amid a political crisis sparked by a disputed election where both President Nicolas Maduro and his rivals have claimed victory. IMAGES
Venezuelan gather in pro-governmental rally in the streets of western Caracas. The opposition fiercely contests the outcome of Sunday's election which authorities say was won by Nicolas Maduro with 51.2 percent of votes cast compared to 44.2 percent for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. IMAGES
Members of parliament begin voting to elect the president of the National Assembly, a crucial election for the lower house that should also influence the political recomposition within the executive over the coming weeks. IMAGES
Syrians in Damascus cast their votes in their fourth parliamentary election since civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep President Bashar al-Assad's ruling Baath party in power. More than 1,500 people are standing for 250 seats in the largely rubber-stamp parliament, after some 7,400 candidates withdrew in recent days, according to Syria's Supreme Judicial Elections Committee. IMAGES