A picture taken on September 15, 2017 shows a general view of Kurdish MPs sitting during a session of Kurdistan's regional parliament in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers approved holding an independence referendum on September 25 as members of the opposition boycotted the parliament's first session in two years. / AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
