Muslim Filipinos cast vote to ratify landmark Bangsamoro Organic Law in the Philippines

An elderly man casts his vote at a polling center in Cotabato City, the Philippines, January 21, 2019. Muslim Filipinos cast their vote on Monday to ratify the landmark Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), a law that would pave the way for wider self-rule to the Muslim minority in the Philippines and was hoped to end the decades-old conflict in southern Philippines. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)