Iraq's landmark elections in pictures
Iraqis are hoping that the vote can lock in a fragile peace, roughly five months after the nation declared victory over Daesh. But the war-torn country faces the mammoth task of reconstruction, while Daesh continues to pose a major security threat.
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard as people queue in front of a polling station in the Wadi Hajar district of Mosul on May 12, 2018. / AFP
Iraqis go to polls as the country votes on Saturday in the first parliamentary election since declaring victory over Daesh.