People decide, so it's ultimately up to them.

Several countries have begun campaigning ahead of their elections. Their citizens are so vital now.

1. Supporters displaying a Guatemalan flag as they listen to presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo of the Seed Movement party during a campaign rally in Santa Maria de Jesus. — AP

2. Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change supporters singing during a rally to celebrate the launch of their election campaign in Gweru. — Reuters

3. Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo and his running mate Karin Herrera with the Seed Movement party arriving to a campaign rally in Santa Maria de Jesus. — AP

4. A man getting a party sticker placed on his face mask as he prepares to join other members of the Khmer Economic Development Party for a campaign rally ahead of the general election at Sre Ampel village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia. — AP

5. A giant electoral poster depicting Spain’s Prime Minister and Socialist candidate Pedro Sanchez (top) and conservative PP party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo and VOX far-right party leader Santiago Abascal is displayed on a building at the Gran Via avenue in Madrid. — AP