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South Africa goes to the polls in hard-fought election
South Africa votes in what is expected to be the tightest election since apartheid.
South Africans go to the polls today in what is predicted to be the most competitive election since the end of apartheid. Also in the programme, Delhi hits record-level temperatures and South Korea's clean-up effort after North Korea sends hundreds of balloons of rubbish that land across the country.
(Photo: People wait in line to cast their votes in Johannesburg, South Africa. Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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