Overseas Iraqis Cast First Vote

On January 28, absentee voting began in overseas balloting, in which two million Iraqis in 14 countries around the world have the right to vote for their homeland’s first free election.

Almosawi Monai (female on the right), from southern Basra, casts her vote at the polls in Sydney, Australia, where over 40,000 Iraqis live.