Several loud explosions echoed across the city as 26-year-old Lamia Allawi prepared to enter a primary school turned into a polling center. But Ms. Allawi remained undeterred from voting.

• 正当26岁的拉米娅·阿拉维进入设在一间小学里的投票站时,几个爆炸巨响在这个城市里回荡。但是阿拉维小姐仍然坚持投票。