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Milan, Italy

An activist from Femen confronts Silvio Berlusconi, leader of Forza Italia party, as he votes at a polling station. The two populist parties that caused major upsets in the Italian election – the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League (La Lega) – are in a race to be the first to try to form a majority government after the election produced a hung parliament.
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