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Shia Clerics Welcome Imminent Polls

Preachers use Friday prayers to speak out about the landmark ballot.

Curfew Makes Ghost Towns

Streets empty of people after dusk as security forces maintain high profile.

Mosul Voters Urged to 'Set Aside Fear'

Civilians and military teams in last-minute drive to get people to come out on election day.

Militants Claim More Lives on Eve of Poll

Police round up insurgents but campaign of violence continues as polling day approaches.

Iraqi Kurds Seize the Moment

Kurds flock to the polling stations in the hope of strengthening their political muscle.

Jubilant Scenes Amid Baaqubah Blasts

Voters clap and jump for joy, seemingly unfazed by the violence.

Polling Thin in Sunni West

People stay home rather than vote as Ramadi sees sporadic violence.

Mosul Poll Optimism

Voter turnout better than expected in troubled northern city.

Choices Vary in Shia Areas

Voters in the south may be solidly behind the election, but support for the main Shia-led faction is not monolithic.

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The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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