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Electoral officials ready for the opening of a polling station in Abuja on Saturday as Nigerians go to the polls in a closely fought election. Nigerians are voting for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race dominated by three political veterans. IMAGES
Israelis prepare a polling station in Hebron for their fifth election in less than four years, with the hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu campaigning for a comeback alongside far-right allies. IMAGES
At the behest of mayors from the Haute-Tarentaise valley, a hundred or so people gather in Bourg-Saint-Maurice - a winter ski hot spot in France - to protest the closure of ski lifts over the festive season, a decision announced by the French government last week in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus. The lift closures mean no tourists, a heavy blow for the economy of thousands who depend on them coming over the winter season. IMAGES
Specialist divers in Sicily prepare to carry out fresh searches for six people, including UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, missing after their yacht capsized off the Italian island on Monday. The 56-metre British-flagged sailing yacht "Bayesian" was anchored some 700 metres from port with 10 crew and 12 passengers on board when it was struck by a waterspout, a sort of mini tornado, before dawn. Fifteen people aboard, including a mother and her one-year-old baby, were plucked to safety but the body of one man, reported to be the yacht's chef, was found a few hours later. IMAGES
Kenyan investigators gather at a police station in the capital Nairobi where earlier a man who police say confessed to murdering 42 women escaped from a police cell, along with a dozen other detainees. Collins Jumaisi, 33, described by police as a "vampire, a psychopath", was arrested last month after the horrific discovery of mutilated bodies in a garbage dump in a slum in the Kenyan capital. IMAGES
Images of Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez at a Caracas polling station, as the country votes between the continuity of President Nicolas Maduro or change, amid high tension after the incumbent threatened a "bloodbath" if he loses. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI366F7VW_EN
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