Iraq elections: early voting begins

An Iraqi soldier votes at a polling station in Baghdad Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/guardian.co.uk Soldiers show their ink-stained fingers after casting their votes in Baghdad Photograph: Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ali Al-Saadi/guardian.co.uk Iraqi soldiers register their names before voting in Baghdad Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/guardian.co.uk Police search women near a polling station Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/guardian.co.uk Iraqi army soldiers line up to cast their votes in Baghdad Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP Photograph: Hadi Mizban/guardian.co.uk Soldiers and police register at a polling station in central Baghdad Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Joseph Eid/guardian.co.uk Police wait to vote outside a polling station in Sulaimaniya Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Iraqi prisoners show their ink-stained fingers after voting at a prison in the Shiite shrine city of Kerbala Photograph: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Mohammed Sawaf/guardian.co.uk A patient casts her ballot at a hospital in Najaf Photograph: Khider Abbas/EPA Photograph: Khider Abbas/guardian.co.uk Hospital patient Jabbar Sattar, who lost his right arm and some digits on his left hand in an explosion, inks his finger after casting his vote at the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City Photograph: Karim Kadim/AP Photograph: Karim Kadim/guardian.co.uk Iraqi security forces secure the scene where a blast killed seven people near a polling station in the Hurriya neighbourhood of Baghdad Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP Photograph: Hadi Mizban/guardian.co.uk Iraqi security forces search soldiers before they enter a polling station in Mosul Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Iraqi civil defence members inspect a damaged building after a bomb attack in Baghdad Photograph: Saad Shalash/Reuters Photograph: Saad Shalash/guardian.co.uk Iraqi security forces inspect a truck that was loaded with explosives but went off at the wrong moment in the city of Ramadi. The driver was arrested as voting began Photograph: Azhar Shallal/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Azhar Shallal/guardian.co.uk An Iraqi tactical support officer shows his inked finger as he stands guard outside a polling station in Nasiriyah Photograph: Matt Ford/AP Photograph: Matt Ford/guardian.co.uk