وێنەی 25 ی مانگی نۆی ساڵی 2017
At a pro-Independence rally, this woman says the referendum is the best thing that has happened in her life, in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Sept. 25, 2017. (H. Murdock/VOA)
An Iraqi Kurdish man shows his ink-stained finger after voting in the Kurdish independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
A woman receive a voting bill at a polling station as Kurds vote for independence in the disputed city of Kirkuk, Sept. 25, 2017. Iraq's Kurdish region vote in a referendum on whether to secede from Iraq.
A Kurdish woman takes a selfie to show support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq Sept. 22, 2017.
Iraqi Kurdish families photograph each other voting in a referendum for independence that Baghdad has vowed to prevent being implemented, in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Sept. 25, 2017. (H. Murdock/VOA)
Precincts in Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, reported high voter turnout, with many families bringing their elderly or sick loved ones out to vote on Sept. 25, 2017. (H. Murdock/VOA)
Iraq Kurdish Referendum
A vintage coal-fired steam engine pushes a passenger car up the Cog Railway on a 3.8-mile journey to the summit of 6,288-foot Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
Birds vie for position on power lines at dusk in Kansas City, Kansas.
A Hindu woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her baby as she sits inside a refugee camp set up for Hindu refugees near Kutupalong, Bangladesh.
Employees of a billboard advertising company carry a disassembled election poster of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party with the portrait of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on September 25, 2017, one day after general elections.
This photo shows a man performing on a water-propelled flyboard at Shenyang Olympic Park in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province.
An athlete balances on a slackline stretched across the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. The performance was part of a campaign supporting people living with diabetes.
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks through the debris in the old city center on the eastern frontline of Raqqa.
Newly crowned Miss Lebanon 2017 Perla Helou reacts after being elected at Casino Du Liban in Jounieh, north of Beirut.
A newborn elephant takes his first steps in his outdoor residence on September 25, 2017 in the DierenPark Amersfoort Zoo in Amersfoort, Netherland.
A security officer stands watch near a giant basket decorated with replicas of flowers and fruits on display at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.