A man casts his ballot for the general elections, on March 7th, 2018, at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone. More than 3.1 million voters are registered for the polls across the small West African nation.
(Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)
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Female members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard wait to greet Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on August 30th, 2018, in Beijing, China.
A Peruvian soldier stands guard at a polling station during municipal elections in Lima, Peru, on October 7th, 2018.
Supporters of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan attend an election campaign rally.
Mexico's newly elected President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, representing the Juntos Haremos Historia Party, cheers his supporters at the Zocalo Square after winning general elections, in Mexico City, on July 1st, 2018.
Riot police get ready to disperse people demonstrating to denounce the results of the local elections, on February 6th, 2018, in Conakry, Guinea.
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