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Pro-democracy protesters hold up a three-finger salute during the national anthem in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 20, 2020. A Sri Lankan police officer stands at a crime scene following a shootout between police officers and drug traffickers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 20, 2020. It is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed. Troops and rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble following an explosion, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Oct. 21, 2020. Guests attend the Global AI 2020 (Artificial Intelligence) Summit in the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 21, 2020. A voter, wearing face mask to protect against coronavirus, casts his ballot on the first day of early voting in the second round of a parliamentary election at a drive-in polling station, a special place of advance voting for self-isolated voters, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 19, 2020. It is the second Saturday of February of the election year. Supporters of the National League For Democracy campaign wearing the party's shirts, shouting on top of a crane truck decorated with flags during the campaign in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Oct. 18, 2020. Myanmar is expected to have its general elections on Nov. 8. A statue of a woman by Lebanese artist Hayat Nazer, made out of leftover glass, rubble, and a broken clock marking the time (6:08 PM) of the mega explosion at the port of Beirut is placed opposite to the site of the blast in the Lebanese capital's harbour, to mark the one year anniversary of the beginning of the anti-government protest movement across the country, on Oct. 20, 2020. Speaking on … A health worker measures the temperature of a man during free mass testing for the COVID-19 in Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 17, 2020.

Between election and inauguration, there is time. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meets with Vietnam's National Assembly's Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 19, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 20, 2020. A woman wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks along a street in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 19, 2020. It circulates in Nigeria and Ghana, Completion of 711 ongoing road projects to get priority in…. Two women walk past an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev shaking hands displayed on a huge screen in the Kecioren district of Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 21, 2020. People celebrate during a birthday party at a rooftop restaurant, amid the spread of the COVID-19, in Lalitpur, Nepal, on Oct. 20, 2020. Supporters of Guinean opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo cheer at his headquarters, after he declared himself the winner of the presidential election, in Conakry, Guinea, on Oct. 19, 2020. The INEC boss also called for the implementation of recommendations by various panels on political and electoral reforms, while urging the parliament to consider more severe punishments for electoral offenders. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, along with their accompanying delegations and all mask-clad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meet during their trilateral summit at the presidential palace in Cyprus' capital Nicosia, on Oct. 21, 2020. The president also nominated Professor Mohammed Sani (Katsina) Professor Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti) and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa state) for the electoral commission's top position. during a rally outside the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev, Ukraine, on Oct. 21, 2020. All rights reserved.

Mohammad Safdar, son-in-law of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, speaks to journalists after being granted bail, outside a court in Karachi, Pakistan, on Oct. 19, 2020. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Hong Kong on Oct. 20, 2020. If not there supposed not to be any election until this country is restructured or broken up. Teachers attend the training program for general elections in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 21, 2020. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) wave hands after feeding the fish by a pond at the Presidential Palace compound in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 19, 2020. People wearing face masks leave the Dubrava Clinical Hospital in Zagreb, Croatia, on Oct. 19, 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A truck carrying police officers is seen on a street in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Oct. 19, 2020.

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is seen at the West Kowloon court ahead of his trial in Hong Kong on Oct. 15, 2020. Opposition supporters, mostly pensioners, attend a rally to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, on Oct. 19, 2020. Labourers take part in a rally against a controversial new law which critics fear will favour investors at the expense of labour rights and the environment in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 22, 2020. The 2023 general elections will hold on February 18 of the year, Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said. Muslims chant slogans as they take part in a protest after Friday prayer, demanding justice for rape victims, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 16, 2020. Yemeni prisoners chant slogans during their arrival after being released by the Saudi-led coalition at the airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on Oct. 16, 2020. The 3rd China International Import Expo will be held in Shanghai on Nov. 5-10.