Çend Wêneyên ji Referanduma Herêma Kurdistanê

At a pro-Independence rally, this woman says the referendum is the best thing that has happened in her life, in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Sept. 25, 2017. (H. Murdock/VOA)

An Iraqi Kurdish man shows his ink-stained finger after voting in the Kurdish independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

A woman receive a voting bill at a polling station as Kurds vote for independence in the disputed city of Kirkuk, Sept. 25, 2017. Iraq's Kurdish region vote in a referendum on whether to secede from Iraq.

A Kurdish woman takes a selfie to show support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq Sept. 22, 2017.

Iraqi Kurdish families photograph each other voting in a referendum for independence that Baghdad has vowed to prevent being implemented, in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Sept. 25, 2017. (H. Murdock/VOA)

Precincts in Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, reported high voter turnout, with many families bringing their elderly or sick loved ones out to vote on Sept. 25, 2017. (H. Murdock/VOA)

Iraq Kurdish Referendum