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Can They Cut off Eight Million Fingers?”

Insurgents shoot off voters’ ink-stained fingers in Baaqubah.

Ballot Shapes New Political Landscape

Following an election in which turnout seems to have been unexpectedly high, people’s minds are already turning to the new National Assembly.

Mammoth Task of Counting Votes Begins

Electoral officials estimate 60 per cent turnout as polling stations sift and collate two sets of election results.

Saddam's Elections Still Fresh in People's Minds

By Ghassan Ali in Karbala (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

Prime Minister Gets Gypsy Vote

By Hussein Ali al-Yasiry in Diwaniyah (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

Election Workers Targeted in Baaqubah

By Aqil Jabbar in Baaqubah (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

Vote Count Well Under Way

By Zaineb Naji in Baghdad (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

Sadrist's Change of Heart

Anti-ballot Sadr follower changes his mind on election day.

High Hopes in Shia South

Voters say they want a new government to boost public services and heal divisions.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

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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