Members of the Iraqi security forces protect a polling center, during a special voting day for Iraqi security forces, taking place two days before polls open to the public in the parliamentary elections, in Baghdad on November 9, 2025. Members of Iraq's security forces, who account for 1.3 million of the more than 21 million eligible voters, and its more than 26,500 internally displaced population, headed to the polls in early voting on November 9, 2025, ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)