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Ballots are counted in Cape Town after polling stations closed in South Africa's presidential election. South Africans queued late into the night to vote, forcing polling stations to remain open beyond closing time in a landmark general election, with the ruling ANC fighting to protect its three-decade-long grip on power. IMAGES
Staff at a polling station in Istanbul count votes in the second round runoff of Turkey's presidential election. Polls on Sunday showed a close vote, with incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, favourite to extend his 20-year rule until 2028. Turkey's longest-serving leader defied critics by emerging from the election's first round on May 14 with a comfortable lead against secular challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu. COMPLETES EN_33GF8LY IMAGES
In a Sofia polling station, the last voters put their ballots in the ballot box and election officials begin counting votes in Bulgaria's third general election this year, as the country fights its deadliest coronavirus wave. IMAGES
Vote counting is underway for the controversial replay of Istanbul's mayoral election. The opposition candidate was headed for a comfortable victory on Sunday, dealing a blow to the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
Vote counting is underway after polls closed in Kazakhstan's presidential election. During the tumultous day, police arrested hundreds of opposition protesters as the country voted to elect its first new president in 30 years following the departure of historic leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. IMAGES of a local election commission count ballots at a polling station in Nur-Sultan