Iceland briefly celebrated electing a female-majority parliament Sunday — before a recount showed the result fell just short of that landmark for gender parity in the North Atlantic island nation.

Icelanders are voting in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political parties likely to win parliamentary seats.

Icelanders are voting in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political parties likely to win parliamentary seats.

Climate change is top of the agenda when voters in Iceland head to the polls for general elections on Saturday, following an exceptionally warm summer and an election campaign defined by a wide-reaching debate on global warming.