Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Iraq

A supporter holds up a picture of Iraqi Kurdish leader and presidential candidate Jalal Talabani during the third night of celebrations in the Kurdish capital of Suleimaniya in northern Iraq. Kurds swept into second place in Iraq's historic elections, well-placed to secure a major parliamentary presence and top government jobs after decades of struggle against successive Sunni regimes. February 2005.
A supporter holds up a picture of Iraqi Kurdish leader and presidential candidate Jalal Talabani during the third night of celebrations in the Kurdish capital of Suleimaniya in northern Iraq. Kurds swept into second place in Iraq's historic elections, well-placed to secure a major parliamentary presence and top government jobs after decades of struggle against successive Sunni regimes. February 2005.