An Iraqi voter has her biometric voting card checked with her fingerprint upon arriving at a poll station in the predominantly Christian Iraqi town of Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), some 30 kilometres from Mosul, on May 12, 2018.
Iraq began voting in its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State group, with the country hoping to shore up a fragile peace and rebuild.
Polling stations opened around the conflict-scarred nation under tight security as jihadists still pose a major security threat despite a sharp fall in violence. / AFP PHOTO / Zaid AL-OBEIDI
