Municipal elections began in Saudi Arabia in which women cast their votes for the first time.
Women also stood as candidates, another first, despite the conservative kingdom being the only nation where women were not allowed to drive.
A total of 978 women have registered as candidates, alongside 5,938 men.
Female candidates had to speak behind a partition during campaign appearances or be represented by a man.
About 130,000 women have registered to vote. That figure still falls well short of male voter registration, which stands at 1.35 million.
Salma al-Rashed was the first woman to register to vote.
Elections themselves are a rare thing in Saudi Arabia — Municipal Election will be only the third time in history that Saudis have gone to the polls.
There were no elections in the 40 years between 1965 and 2005.
The decision to allow women to take part in election was taken by late King Abdullah and is seen as a key part of his legacy.
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