Some guy dressed up as a capybara to vote in today's Argentinian primary elections Image
Also voted: "Joker argentino"
Pretty sure the capybara costume is a reference to the herd of capybaras that just overran a suburb of Buenos Aires theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…

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