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16 December 2024

The main Christmas tree and New Year's illuminations are illuminated on Rustaveli Avenue as anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 16, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces Saturday's election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Police officers block the Georgian Parliament building as anti-government demonstrators gather outside the parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Police officers block the Georgian Parliament building as anti-government demonstrators gather outside the parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Police officers block the Georgian Parliament building as anti-government demonstrators gather outside the parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Georgia's outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili walks outside the Georgian parliament during an anti-government rally after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Police officers block the Georgian Parliament building as anti-government demonstrators gather outside the parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Police officers block the Georgian Parliament building as anti-government demonstrators gather outside the parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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14 December 2024

Anti-government demonstrators gather outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elect a new president in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 14, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elects Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition denounces the election as ''illegitimate'' and states that the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili, remains the country's sole legitimate leader.

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