A Peruvian soldier stands guard at a polling station during municipal elections in Lima, Peru, on October 7th, 2018. More than 23 million Peruvians have been called to the polls to elect regional governors and mayors.
(Photo: Cris Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images)
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A man casts his ballot for the general elections, on March 7th, 2018, at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Voting closed in Zimbabwe's first election since the former president was ousted after 37 years in power.
People react and wave flags outside the Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Istanbul, on June 24th, 2018, during the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections.
A riot policeman throws a sound grenade during clashes against protestors demonstrating against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, on September 23rd, 2018.
Altar boys prepare ahead of the Sunday Mass celebration at the Sacred Heart Church in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 5th, 2018.
Supporters of the leader of the Cameroonian opposition party Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon raise their fists during a campaign rally in Yaounde for the presidential elections.
