Our reporting on polling day is restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, which is why you're seeing a lot of pets today.
Animals, apart from assistance dogs, are not usually allowed inside polling stations, but they can be permitted at the discretion of the local authority.
Dogs are not the only voting companions to show up at the polling stations today.
So far, the BBC has seen one snake, a tortoise, horses, and what a colleague called "a ridiculous" number of dogs join their humans at polling stations.
A pet cat in the Thai province of Khon Kaen maneuvered itself into an extremely awkward situation while exploring a bathroom. The curious feline underestimated its own size and managed to get its head stuck in a drain. Fortunately, its owner came to the rescue and offered the purr-fect remedy for the situation.
Opening up about the scare on Instagram before the animal was found with an injury, Kate Beckinsale told fans she lost her beloved Pomeranian Myf during the Fourth of July celebrations.
When Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States in 2021, much was made of his wife Dr Jill Biden becoming the first First Lady ever to hold a salaried outside job.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, and is meant to intimidate its smaller Asian neighbour. The China coastguard's 165-meter 'monster ship' entered Manila's 200-nautical mile EEZ on July 2, spokesperson for the PCG Jay Tarriela told a news forum. The PCG warned the Chinese vessel it was in the Philippine's EEZ and asked about their intentions, he said.
The canapes and white wine will be packed away. The wooing of the business lobbyists will come to an end. The cosy dinners with Sir Keir Starmer and Sir Tony Blair for select donors will be consigned to the past, and there will be no more polite requests to sign public letters of support for its policies.
As Ukraine bleeds territory to Russia, support from one of Kyiv’s strongest backers looks set to falter if the far right sweep to power in Sunday’s French parliamentary elections.