Polls in Kazakhstan opened at 7:00 am local time (0100 GMT) and will close at 8:00 pm (1400 GMT).
Police and civil defense responders were knocking on the doors of about 250 affected homes to makes sure nobody remained behind.
Pinning a white flower, more than 8,000 people from all walks of life attended the ceremony.
Policy makers have listed poverty alleviation as one of China's "three tough battles" for the next three years, along with risk prevention and pollution control. The year 2018 is a key year for the battle, Vice Premier Wang Yang said at a meeting last week, asking for improved policies and measures.
Police arrested three people at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne's southern suburbs on Saturday as 300 far-right demonstrators protesting against the city's alleged African gang problems engaged in minor scuffles with a larger group of anti-racism protestors.
Photo taken on May 17, 2017 is the Bank of China in Beijing. [Photo/VCG]
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Planned obsolescence is a widely criticized commercial practice in which manufacturers build in the expiry of their products so that consumers will be forced to replace them.
Policy innovations to support the production and consumption of more healthy and nutritious foods will also be important.
Photos of a woman going to hospital with a snake twined around her wrist have gone viral on Chinese social media.
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