• Voters in Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, go to the polls on Sunday in the last state election before a nationwide vote in September. It’s seen as a key test for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s resurgent popularity. [Bloomberg]

• A sharp turn to the left — that’s our correspondent’s take on the British Labour Party’s leaked election manifesto. [The New York Times]

• Spain’s Parliament, in a symbolic but nonbinding vote, called for the remains of the longtime dictator Francisco Franco to be removed from the Valley of the Fallen memorial. [El País]

• Russian hackers are said to be carrying out exploratory attacks on the energy networks of the Baltic States. [Reuters]

• Pope Francis is headed for Fátima, Portugal, to elevate two siblings to sainthood 100 years after they first said they saw the Virgin Mary. [Associated Press]

• And an astronaut’s photo of Europe at night set off a debate online about energy use in Belgium, where most streetlights are kept on all night. [The New York Times]