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A polling station worker puts on personal protection equipment before attending to voters Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government, just as the country is poised to start spending a huge windfall of European Union funds. The ballot took place amid a surge in COVID-19 cases blamed on the omicron variant, with about 1.2 million people confined at home but allowed to go to polling stations to cast their vote. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)