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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad casts his vote in Syria's fourth parliamentary election since the civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep his 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
Polling stations open across Rwanda for presidential and parliamentary elections with the African nation's leader Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. Nine million Rwandans will cast their ballots across 2,433 polling stations. 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
Mongolians begin casting their votes in parliamentary elections, with the ruling party widely expected to win despite deepening public anger over corruption and the state of the economy. IMAGES
Former South African president Jacob Zuma votes in his hometown Nkandla, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, a key election battleground, during the general election. IMAGES