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Viewfinder: Elections in The Gambia

Pacific Standard Staff

April 6, 2017

A polling agent cleans urns at a voting station in Banjul, The Gambia, on April 5th, 2017, a day ahead of legislative elections. (Photo: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images)

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