Fully-veiled Iraqi women flash the sign for victory with their ink-stained fingers after casting their vote in Iraq’s first parliamentary election since US troops withdrew at a polling station in Baghdad’s Karrada commercial district on April 30, 2014 . Iraqis streamed to voting centres nationwide, amid the worst bloodshed in years, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeks reelection. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)