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Polish President Andrzej Duda holds a rally in Rzeszow on the last day of the campaign ahead of the presidential run-off, with counter-demonstrators also attending. Originally scheduled for May 10, the election was postponed by over a month due to the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Paul Kagame, Rwanda's de-facto leader since his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) halted a 1994 genocide, holds a final rally in Kigali, ahead of a presidential election on Friday. IMAGES
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame holds a rally in Gakenke ahead of a presidential election on Friday. Kagame remains popular with Rwandans, who see him as a guarantor of stability after his military victory brought an end to the 1994 genocide. IMAGES
On the final day of campaigning, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking a third six-year term, holds a rally in Maracaibo (west) amid a climate of nervousness about possible fraud in the July 28 vote and violence in the aftermath. Maduro, in office since taking over from Hugo Chavez in 2013, counts the electoral authorities, military top brass and other state On the final day of campaigninginstitutions among his backers. He also has enjoyed unlimited access to state media and funding for propaganda on everything from building facades to toll booth signage and even ambulances. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES