To protest against the electoral fraud in parliamentary elections after the returns showed a Kurdish party winning most of the vote, Iraqi Turkmen chained their arms outside the election offices in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 17, 2018. /VCG Photo

"We just asked for the ballot boxes to be open, even if it is just one box," Sheikh Amer al-Jabouri, one of the demonstrators told the Washington Post. /VCG Photo

At sunset, the protesters broke the Ramadan fast at Iftar meal. /VCG Photo

People wanted a change but it turned out that thousands of votes were not able to be cast, Tahrir al-Obaidi, a lawyer who joined the demonstration said. /VCG Photo