Belarus Election Anniversary
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, background center, speaks during an annual press conference in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.Belarus’ authoritarian leader on Monday charged that the opposition was plotting a coup in the runup to last year’s presidential election that triggered a monthslong wave of mass protests. President Alexander Lukashenko held his annual press conference on Monday, the one-year anniversary of the vote that handed him a sixth term in office but was denounced by the opposition and the West as rigged. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA photo via AP)