Iraqi forces cast ballots ahead of parliamentary election

A security personnel touchs the ink in a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 10, 2018. Iraqi security personnel Thursday cast their votes across the country ahead of parliamentary election slated for Saturday, amid tight security. The voting began after 7.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when hundreds of soldiers and policemen lined up at polling centers across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and in other cities to cast their ballots. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)