Iraqis across Britain continued to vote in their country's first election for decades, as violence at home marred the final hours leading up to polling day.
Thousands across the UK have already taken part in the democratic process - most for the first time in their lives - and thousands more are expected to enter the polling booth.
Some 30,961 of the estimated 250,000 Iraqi expatriates in Britain have registered to vote over three days.
Their votes will be counted on February 1 and sent on to Iraq for inclusion in the nationwide ballot, which is due to take place on Sunday.
On Friday a total of 3,393 people cast their vote at the Wembley Conference and Exhibition Centre, north west London - just under a third of the 16,184 registered to vote.
Some 1,689 people voted in Manchester while 284 entered the polling booth in Glasgow.
Organisers of the Iraq Out of Country Voting Programme (OCV) said it had been a slow start but added that bus loads of people from around the country were expected to arrive at the three polling stations throughout the day.
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