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An election worker counts ballots after polls close. Parliamentary elections were held months ahead of schedule in response to a popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement. AP
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Iraqi election officials conduct a manual count of votes from a ballot box picked at random as part of the verification process for the electronic count, at a polling station in the central city of Karbala. AFP
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Iraqi election officials in Karbala. AFP
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Iraqi election officials conduct a manual count of votes at a polling station in the capital Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqi election officials check data at a polling station in Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqi officials print out the electronic count of votes at a polling station in Karbala. AFP
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Iraqi election officials conduct the electronic count of votes at a polling station in the northern city of Mosul. AFP
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Iraqi election officials count votes at a polling station in Baghdad. AFP
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An Iraqi election official holds a printout of the electronic count of votes at a polling station in the north-eastern city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. AFP
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Iraqi officials print out the electronic count of votes at a polling station in the north-eastern city of Sulaymaniyah. AFP
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Iraqi election committee staff members count votes at the end of the parliamentary election day at a polling station in Baghdad's Karada district. EPA
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Iraqi election committee staff members count votes to elect 329 new members of the Council of Representatives. EPA
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Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission is expected to announce the results of Sunday's election within two days. EPA
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Iraqi election committee staff members count votes at the end of Sunday's parliamentary election day at a polling station in Baghdad's Karada district. EPA
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A woman voter casts her vote at a polling station in Baghdad. AFP
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Election workers count ballots at a polling station in Baghdad at the end of voting in parliamentary elections. AP
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An election worker counts ballots after polls close. Parliamentary elections were held months ahead of schedule in response to a popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement. AP
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Iraqi election officials conduct a manual count of votes from a ballot box picked at random as part of the verification process for the electronic count, at a polling station in the central city of Karbala. AFP
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Iraqi election officials in Karbala. AFP
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Iraqi election officials conduct a manual count of votes at a polling station in the capital Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqi election officials check data at a polling station in Baghdad. AFP
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Iraqi officials print out the electronic count of votes at a polling station in Karbala. AFP
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Iraqi election officials conduct the electronic count of votes at a polling station in the northern city of Mosul. AFP
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Iraqi election officials count votes at a polling station in Baghdad. AFP
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An Iraqi election official holds a printout of the electronic count of votes at a polling station in the north-eastern city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. AFP
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Iraqi officials print out the electronic count of votes at a polling station in the north-eastern city of Sulaymaniyah. AFP
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Iraqi election committee staff members count votes at the end of the parliamentary election day at a polling station in Baghdad's Karada district. EPA
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Iraqi election committee staff members count votes to elect 329 new members of the Council of Representatives. EPA
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Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission is expected to announce the results of Sunday's election within two days. EPA
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Iraqi election committee staff members count votes at the end of Sunday's parliamentary election day at a polling station in Baghdad's Karada district. EPA
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A woman voter casts her vote at a polling station in Baghdad. AFP
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Election workers count ballots at a polling station in Baghdad at the end of voting in parliamentary elections. AP
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An election worker counts ballots after polls close. Parliamentary elections were held months ahead of schedule in response to a popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement. AP
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