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Iraq elections: early voting begins

Iraq elections build up: An Iraqi soldier casts his ballot at a polling station in Baghdad
An Iraqi soldier votes at a polling station in Baghdad
Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi soldiers after casting their votes in Baghdad
Soldiers show their ink-stained fingers after casting their votes in Baghdad
Photograph: Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi soldiers register their names before voting in Baghdad
Iraqi soldiers register their names before voting in Baghdad
Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
Iraq elections build up: Policemen search women passing near a polling station in Baghdad
Police search women near a polling station
Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi army soldiers line up to cast their votes at a polling in Baghdad
Iraqi army soldiers line up to cast their votes in Baghdad
Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi soldiers and policemen register at a polling station Baghdad
Soldiers and police register at a polling station in central Baghdad
Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images
Iraq elections build up: Policemen wait to vote outside a polling station in Sulaimaniya
Police wait to vote outside a polling station in Sulaimaniya
Photograph: Reuters
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi prisoners voting at a prison in Karbala
Iraqi prisoners show their ink-stained fingers after voting at a prison in the Shiite shrine city of Kerbala
Photograph: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP/Getty Images
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi casts her ballot during the special voting day at a hospital
A patient casts her ballot at a hospital in Najaf
Photograph: Khider Abbas/EPA
Iraq elections build up: Hospital patient who lost his arm votes in Sadr City
Hospital patient Jabbar Sattar, who lost his right arm and some digits on his left hand in an explosion, inks his finger after casting his vote at the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City
Photograph: Karim Kadim/AP
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi security forces secure the scene near a polling station, in Baghdad
Iraqi security forces secure the scene where a blast killed seven people near a polling station in the Hurriya neighbourhood of Baghdad
Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi security forces search soldiers at polling station in Mosul
Iraqi security forces search soldiers before they enter a polling station in Mosul
Photograph: Reuters
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi civil defence inspect damaged building after a bomb attack in Baghdad
Iraqi civil defence members inspect a damaged building after a bomb attack in Baghdad
Photograph: Saad Shalash/Reuters
Iraq elections build up: Iraqi security forces inspect an explosives-laden truck
Iraqi security forces inspect a truck that was loaded with explosives but went off at the wrong moment in the city of Ramadi. The driver was arrested as voting began
Photograph: Azhar Shallal/AFP/Getty Images
Iraq elections build up: An Iraqi tactical support officer standing guard outside a polling station
An Iraqi tactical support officer shows his inked finger as he stands guard outside a polling station in Nasiriyah
Photograph: Matt Ford/AP
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