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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
The coffin carrying the body of former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera arrives at the Former National Congress in Santiago, where he will lie in state until the main funeral on Friday. Pinera died when an helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake. IMAGES
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Tel-Aviv. While the United States has strongly backed Israel's response to Hamas's attacks, it has pressed its ally to do more to minimise civilian casualties. IMAGES
Military personnel can be seen outside the entrance of Niger's national television station in Niamey as the president, Mohamed Bazoum, remains detained by the presidential guard. IMAGES
Cuba's National Assembly votes for the island's president for the next five years. Incumbent Miguel Diaz-Canel is set to clinch a second term via the parliamentary vote as the sole candidate in a country where political opposition is illegal. IMAGES
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu, declared winner of Nigeria's fiercely disputed presidential elections, receives the certificate of return, a formal document confirming their election victory, at the National Collation centre in Abuja. IMAGES