2. June 30, 2016 2
Jaiju Village
Danba County
China's Sichuan province.
3. Jaiju Village is located in Danba
County in China's Sichuan province.
Eric Baculinao / NBC News
CHINA POURING BILLIONS INTO MAJORITY TIBETAN GANZI PREFECTURE
June 30, 2016 3
May , 2016
4. Tibetan dancers perform a traditional dance in
Kangding, China, on May 17. HOW HWEE YOUNG /
EPAJune 30, 2016 4
May 17 , 2016
5. Tibetan and Han people play a fishing game
in the old town of Danba County in the Ganzi
Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of China's
Sichuan Province on May 19. HOW HWEE
YOUNG / EPAJune 30, 2016 5
May 19 , 2016
7. Tibetan pilgrims at Jili Monastery in Kangding county. Eric Baculinao / NBC News
June 30, 2016 7
May , 2016
8. Luo Zha, a former nomadic
herdsman. Eric Baculinao / NBC
News
June 30, 2016 8
May , 2016
9. June 30, 2016 9
Zhaojue county,
southwest China's Sichuan province
10. Children wearing their school backpacks climb
on a cliff using a bamboo ladder on their way
home from school in Zhaojue county,
southwest China's Sichuan province, May 14,
2016. Schoolchildren must climb an 2,625-foot
bamboo ladder secured to a sheer cliff face. The
village in China's mountainous west may get a
set of steel stairs to improve safety. Chinatopix
via AP
May 14 , 2016
June 30, 2016 10
11. Children wearing their school
backpacks climb on a cliff using a
bamboo ladder on their way home
from school in Zhaojue county,
southwest China's Sichuan province,
May 14. Schoolchildren must climb
a 2,625-foot bamboo ladder secured
to a sheer cliff face. Chinatopix via
AP
May 14 , 2016
June 30, 2016 11
12. A child wearing her school
backpack takes a rest on a cliff
as she and other children return
home from school in Zhaojue
county, southwest China's
Sichuan province, May 14.
Chinatopix via AP
May 14 , 2016
June 30, 2016 12
13. June 30, 2016 13
City of Ashes:
Hiroshima After the Bombing
14. The gutted Hiroshima
Prefecture Industrial
Promotion Hall remains
standing on the day of the
explosion. Currently known
as the Atomic Bomb Dome,
the structure now stands as
a memorial to those killed
in the bombing.
U.S. Army/Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum / via
Reuters
City of Ashes: Hiroshima After the Bombing
June 30, 2016 14
Gallery Photos
May , 2016
15. Surveyors measure residual
radiation in October 1945 in
the ruins of Shima Hospital,
located at the hypocenter of
the atomic bombing of
Hiroshima, as Japan Film
Corporation staff film them in
Saiku-machi district.
U.S. Army/Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum / via
Reuters
June 30, 2016 15
Gallery Photos
May , 2016
16. Debris covers the ground of Hiroshima in October 1945.
Shigeo Hayashi / via ReutersJune 30, 2016 16
Gallery Photos
May , 2016
17. The gutted dome is
surrounded by debris in
November 1945.
U.S. Army/Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Museum
/ via Reuters
June 30, 2016 17
Gallery Photos
May , 2016
19. HURT LOCKERS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
UMM AL-DHIBAN, IRAQ
Reuters / Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Members of the Sinjar Resistance
Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with
the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),
detonate improvised explosive
devices captured from Islamic State
fighters near village of Umm al-
Dhiban, northern Iraq, April 30,
2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
June 30, 2016 19
Gallery Photos
May 11 , 2016
20. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
UMM AL-DHIBAN, IRAQ
Reuters / Wednesday, May 11,
2016
A member of the Sinjar
Resistance Units (YBS), a
militia affiliated with the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),
disarms an improvised
explosive device placed by
Islamic State fighters near
village of Umm al-Dhiban,
northern Iraq, April 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
June 30, 2016 20
Gallery Photos
May 11 , 2016
21. Photographer
Khalil Ashawi
Location
IDLIB, SYRIA
Reuters / Saturday, May 21,
2016
A cluster bomb is pictured on
the ground of a field in al-
Tmanah town in southern
Idlib countryside, Syria May
21, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil
Ashawi
May 21 , 2016
June 30, 2016 21
Gallery Photos
22. Photographer
Khalil Ashawi
Location
IDLIB, SYRIA
Reuters / Saturday, May 21,
2016
A civil defense member raises
his hand after finding a cluster
bomb inside an orchard in al-
Tmanah town in southern Idlib
countryside, Syria May 21,
2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
May 21 , 2016
June 30, 2016 22
Gallery Photos
23. Photographer
Khalil Ashawi
Location
IDLIB, SYRIA
Reuters / Saturday, May 21,
2016
Civil defense members
gather cluster bombs to
safely detonate them
inside a field in al-Tmanah
town in southern Idlib
countryside, Syria May 21,
2016. REUTERS/Khalil
Ashawi
May 21 , 2016
June 30, 2016 23
Gallery Photos
24. June 30, 2016 24
VIETNAMESE CROWDS SHOWER LOVE ON
PRESIDENT OBAMA
25. U.S. President Barack Obama is given
flowers by Linh Tran, the ceremonial flower
girl, as he arrives on Air Force One at Noi Bai
International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam,
Sunday, May 22, 2016. Carolyn Kaster -AP
May 22 , 2016
June 30, 2016 25
26. A crowd gather near
Vietnam's presidential palace
as Obama begins his three-
day visit to Vietnam on May
23 in Hanoi.
Read: Obama in Vietnam
Announces End of
Longstanding Arms Embargo
Linh Pham / Getty Images
May 23 , 2016
June 30, 2016 26
27. .
Children look at the
motorcade transporting
Obama before an arrival
ceremony at the
presidential palace in
Hanoi on May 23.
Carlos Barria / Reuters
May 23 , 2016
June 30, 2016 27
28. A Vietnamese navy honor guard
marches prior to the arrival of
President Barack Obama for a
welcoming ceremony at the
Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May
23. Hoang Dinh Nam - Reuters
May 23 , 2016
June 30, 2016 28
29. Photographer
Nguyen Huy Kham
Location
Hanoi, Vietnam
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
President Obama reviews the
guard of honor during a
welcoming ceremony at the
Presidential Palace in Hanoi.
REUTERS/Kham
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 29
30. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
HANOI, VIETNAM
Reuters / Monday, May 23,
2016
President Obama and
Vietnam's National
Assembly Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan feed
fish in a pond, in the
gardens of the presidential
palace in Hanoi.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 30
31. Photographer
POOL New
Location
HANOI, Vietnam
Reuters / Monday, May 23,
2016
Vietnamese security
officers pose next to
President Obama's
limousine at the
Presidential Palace in
Hanoi. REUTERS/Hoang
Dinh Nam/Pool
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 31
32. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
HANOI, VIETNAM
Reuters / Monday, May 23,
2016
President Obama walks
with Vietnam's National
Assembly Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at the
gardens of the presidential
palace in Hanoi.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 32
33. President Barack Obama walks with chairwoman of the
National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on the Presidential
Palace compound in Hanoi, Vietnam. Second from right is
National Security Advisor Susan Rice. President Obama started
his first visit to Vietnam on Monday looking to bolster the
government with trade opportunities and the possible lifting
of an arms export embargo even as he pushes for better
human rights from the one-party state.
Carolyn Kaster / AP-23
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 33
34. Photographer
POOL New
Location
HANOI, Vietnam
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
President Obama and his
Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai
Quang listen to their countries'
anthems during a welcoming
ceremony at the presidential
palace in Hanoi. REUTERS/Hoang
Dinh Nam/Pool
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 34
35. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
HANOI, VIETNAM
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
President Obama speaks during a bilateral
meeting with Vietnam's President Tran Dai
Quang, accompanied by National Security
Advisor Susan Ric and Secretary of State John
Kerry at the presidential palace in Hanoi.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 35
36. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
HANOI, VIETNAM
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama
attends a news conference with
Vietnam's President Tran Dai
Quang at the Presidential
Palace Compound in Hanoi,
Vietnam, May 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX
IMAGES OF THE DAY
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 36
37. Photographer
Nguyen Huy Kham
Location
Hanoi, Vietnam
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
Children wave Vietnamese and
American flags while waiting for
the arrival of President Obama in
Hanoi. REUTERS/Kham
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 37
38. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
HANOI, VIETNAM
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
Local residents react as President
Obama leaves after having a
dinner with Anthony Bourdain at
a restaurant in Hanoi.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 38
39. Photographer
POOL New
Location
HANOI, Vietnam
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
President Obama attends a press
conference at the International
Convention Center in Hanoi.
REUTER/Luong Thai Linh/Pool
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 39
40. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
HANOI, VIETNAM
Reuters / Monday, May 23,
2016
Local resident looks at the
motorcade transporting U.S.
President Barack Obama
before an arrival ceremony at
the presidential palace in
Hanoi. REUTERS/Carlos
Barria
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 40
41. Obama talks with Anthony
Bourdain after an interview in
Hanoi.
Read: Bourdain and Obama Eat
Cheap Noodles, Drink Cold Beer
CARLOS BARRIA / Reuters
May 23 , 2016
June 30, 2016 41
43. White House photographer
Pete Souza post this image of
President Barack Obama on
Instgram with the caption,
Beers and dinner with
Anthony Bourdain last night
in Hanoi. Pete Souza -White
House
May 23 , 2016
June 30, 2016 43
45. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
HANOI, VIETNAM
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
President Obama shakes hands with a local
resident as he leaves after having a dinner with
Anthony Bourdain at the restaurant in Hanoi.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 23 2016
June 30, 2016 45
46. Obama shakes hands with local residents
outside Bun cha Huong Lien on May 23.
EPA
May 23 , 2016
June 30, 2016 46
47. Crowds outside of Bun cha Huong Lien greet Obama.
JIM WATSON / AFP - Getty Images
May 23 , 2016
June 30, 2016 47
48. Photographer
POOL New
Location
Hanoi, Vietnam
Reuters / Tuesday, May 24, 2016
People wait to enter the National
Convention Center, where
President Obama will deliver a
speech, in Hanoi.
REUTERS/Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 48
49. A press van in Obama's motorcade drives
through a narrow street en route to visit
American Chef Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi
on May 24.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 49
50. A press van in Obama's motorcade
drives through a narrow street en
route to visit American Chef
Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi on
May 24.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 50
51. VIETNAMESE CROWDS SHOWER LOVE ON PRESIDENT OBAMA
People gather along President Barack Obama's
motorcade route as he travels in Ho Chi Minh City
on May 24.
The president's Asia trip is designed to highlight
the President's continued pivot to Asia, specifically
economic, trade and security cooperation and
cement the President's legacy as his second term
winds down.
Read: President Obama Arrives in Vietnam for
Historic Asia Trip
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 51
52. Obama stands with Thich Minh
Thong, abbot of the Jade
Emperor Pagoda, right, and
Duong Ngoc Dung, professor at
HoChi Minh City University of
Social Sciences and Humanities,
in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24.
The Jade Emperor Pagoda is one
of the most notable and most
visited cultural destinations in
Ho Chi Minh City.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 52
53. Obama bows as he visits the
Jade Emperor Pagoda with
Thich Minh Thong, abbot of
the Jade Emperor Pagoda.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 53
54. Vietnamese wait for Obama
outside the Jade Pagoda on
May 24.
DIEGO AZUBEL / EPAMay 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 54
55. People hold up a sign welcoming Obama
in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 55
56. Obama tours a high-tech
display at the DreamPlex
Coworking Space in Ho Chi
Minh City on May 24.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 56
58. A Vietnamese resident holds up a sign
welcoming Obama in Ho Chi Minh City on
May 24.
DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 58
59. Obama delivers a speech at the National
Convention Center in Hanoi on May 24.
CARLOS BARRIA / Reuters
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 59
60. President Barack Obama delivers
remarks at the National
Convention Center in Hanoi,
Vietnam. The visit is Obama's first
to the country and the third by a
sitting president since the end of
the Vietnam War in 1975.
JIM WATSON / AFP - Getty Images-
24
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 60
61. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the National
Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, May
24, 2016. Obama gave a speech aimed at the people
of Vietnam a day after announcing the lifting of a
five-decade-old arms sales embargo that's meant to
help forge a new economic and security relationship
with this young, fast-growing Southeast Asian
nation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 61
62. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
Ho Chi Minh City,
VIETNAM
Reuters / Tuesday, May
24, 2016
Local residents holds a
U.S. flag as President
Obama arrives at Ho Chi
Minh City.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 62
63. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
Ho Chi Minh City,
VIETNAM
Reuters / Tuesday, May
24, 2016
President Barack Obama
stands as he visits the
Jade Pagoda temple in
Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam May 24, 2016.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 63
64. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
Ho Chi Minh City,
VIETNAM
Reuters / Tuesday, May
24, 2016
A kid dressed as Captain
America waves at
President Obama's
motorcade during
Obama's arrival at Ho
Chi Minh City.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 64
65. President Barack Obama greets people in the audience after speaking
to Vietnamese young people during the Young Southeast Asian Leaders
Initiative town hall meeting at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam.
Carolyn Kaster / AP-24
May 24 , 2016
June 30, 2016 65
66. President Obama participated in talks with members of
the young leaders initiative in Southeast Asia (YSEALI) in
HCM city, on 25-5-2016.May 25 , 2016
June 30, 2016 66
67. Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
Reuters / Wednesday, May 25,
2016
President Obama smiles as he
attends a town hall meeting
with members of the Young
Southeast Asian Leaders
Initiative (YSEALI) at the GEM
Center in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam. REUTERS/Carlos
Barria
May 25 , 2016
June 30, 2016 67
69. Iraqi security forces and allied
Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces
and Sunni tribal fighters, take
combat positions outside in
Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers)
west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday,
May 23, 2016. Iraqi government
forces on Monday pushed Islamic
State militants out of some
agricultural areas outside Fallujah
as they launched a military
offensive to recapture the city
from the extremists, officials said.
(AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)
June 30, 2016 69
May 23 , 2016
70. Smoke rises from Islamic State
group positions after an airstrike
by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in
Fallujah, as Iraqi security forces
and allied Shiite Popular
Mobilization Forces and Sunni
tribal fighters, take combat
positions outside Fallujah, 40 miles
(65 kilometers) west of Baghdad,
Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2016. Iraqi
government forces on Monday
pushed Islamic State militants out
of some agricultural areas outside
Fallujah as they launched a military
offensive to recapture the city
from the extremists, officials said.
(AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)
June 30, 2016 70
May 23 , 2016
71. A fighter with Badr Brigades an armed Shiite group under the umbrella of the Popular
Mobilization Forces loads his rifle as Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite Popular
Mobilization Forces and Sunni tribal fighters, take combat positions outside Fallujah, 40 miles
(65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2016. Iraqi government forces on
Monday pushed Islamic State militants out of some agricultural areas outside Fallujah as they
launched a military offensive to recapture the city from the extremists, officials said. (AP
Photo/Rwa Faisal)
June 30, 2016 71
May 23 , 2016
72. Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite
Popular Mobilization Forces and Sunni
tribal fighters, take combat positions
outside Fallujah, 40 miles (65
kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq,
Monday, May 23, 2016. Iraqi
government forces on Monday pushed
Islamic State militants out of some
agricultural areas outside Fallujah as
they launched a military offensive to
recapture the city from the extremists,
officials said. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)
June 30, 2016 72
May 23 , 2016
73. Iraqi Federal police arrive to join the forces surrounding Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers)
west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Clashes between Iraqi government forces and
the Islamic State group outside the city of Fallujah briefly subsided on Tuesday, the second
day of a large-scale military operation to drive militants out of their key stronghold west of
Baghdad. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)June 30, 2016 73
May 24 , 2016
74. Iraqi Federal police covered in dust
arrive to join the forces
surrounding Fallujah, 40 miles (65
kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq,
Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Clashes
between Iraqi government forces
and the Islamic State group
outside the city of Fallujah briefly
subsided on Tuesday, the second
day of a large-scale military
operation to drive militants out of
their key stronghold west of
Baghdad. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)
June 30, 2016 74
May 24 , 2016
77. Photographer
Alaa Faqir
Location
DERAA, SYRIA
Reuters / Wednesday, May 25,
2016
A damaged minaret of a mosque
is pictured in the rebel-held area
of Deraa, Syria. REUTERS/Alaa Al-
Faqir
May 25 , 2016
June 30, 2016 77
84. .
Iraqi pro-government forces fire an
anti-tank cannon near al-Sejar village,
northeast of Fallujah, on May 25 as
they take part in a major assault to
retake the city from ISIS. Fallujah was
the site of two bloody battles against
U.S. forces in 2004.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 25 , 2016
June 30, 2016 84
85. Photographer
Osamah Waheeb
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday, May 26,
2016
Children who fled their homes
due to the clashes in Falluja,
pose for the photographer on
the outskirts of Falluja.
REUTERS/Stringer
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 85
86. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016
Shi'ite fighters hold an Islamic State
flag which they pulled down as they
celebrate victory in the town of
Garma, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 86
87. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday, May 26,
2016
Iraqi security forces inspect a
destroyed vehicle belonging to
Islamic State militants in the
town of Garma.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 87
90. IRAQI FORCES BEEF UP EFFORT TO RECAPTURE FALLUJAH FROM ISIS
An Iraqi soldier takes position
near al-Sejar village, northeast of
Fallujah, on May 26, 2016.
The operation to retake Fallujah
from ISIS militants was officially
announced late night on May 22,
2016.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 90
91. Iraqi soldiers advance near al-
Sejar village, northeast of
Fallujah, on May 26.
Fallujah, about 30 miles west
of Baghdad, has been out of
government control since
January 2014 and is one of the
only two remaining major Iraqi
cities still controlled by ISIS,
the other being Mosul.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP -
Getty Images
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 91
92. Iraqi soldiers gesture as they
advance towards Fallujah near al-
Sejar on May 26.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 92
93. Iraqi soldiers walk in dust as they move forwards on May 26 near al-Sejar.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 93
94. A pro-government forces
fighter lies on the ground
and takes a rest after
battling ISIS militants on
May 26 near al-Sejar.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
- Getty Images
May 26 , 2016
June 30, 2016 94
95. Protesters run from tear gas fired
by Iraqi security forces to disperse
the crowd in central Baghdad,
Iraq, Friday, May 27, 2016.
Thousands of protesters including
followers of influential Shiite
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the
streets and rallied calling for
comprehensive reforms and a new
technocrat reshuffle. Dozens of
demonstrators suffered from tear
gas inhalation.(AP Photo/Hadi
Mizban)
June 30, 2016 95
May 27 , 2016
96. Iraqi families flee the war near
al-Sejar village, in Iraq's Anbar
province, after leaving Fallujah,
on May 27, 2016.
Tens of thousands of civilians
remain trapped in Fallujah and
hidden bombs are believed to be
strewn throughout the city.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP -
Getty Images
May 27 , 2016
June 30, 2016 96
97. Pro-government forces fire a rocket in their
battle against ISIS near al-Sejar on May 27.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images
May 27 , 2016
June 30, 2016 97
98. Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions as Iraqi federal police take combat positions
at the front line during fight against Islamic State outside Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, May 28,
2016. Days into an Iraqi military operation to push Islamic State fighters out of Fallujah,
residents still inside the city are preparing for a long battle, with some saying they fear being
trapped between two forces they don't fully trust.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
June 30, 2016 98
May 28 , 2016
99. Smoke rises in the background
as Iraqi forces take combat
positions outside Fallujah on
May 28.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 99
100. Iraqi soldiers and pro-
government forces drive
their vehicles in an area
between al-Sejar and
Fallujah on May 28, 2016.
SABAH ARAR / AFP - Getty
Images
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 100
101. Iraqi pro-government
forces evacuate a
wounded comrade
near al-Sejar on May
28.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE /
AFP - Getty Images
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 101
102. INSIDE THE TUNNELS OF ISLAMIC STATE
Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28,
2016
A fighter from the Iraqi
Shi'ite Badr Organization
holds his rifle in an
underground tunnel built by
Islamic State fighters on the
outskirts of Falluja, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 102
104. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28,
2016
A fighter from the Iraqi Shi'ite
Badr Organization holds his
rifle as he look a tunnel built
by Islamic State fighters on
the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 104
105. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May
28, 2016
Fighters from the Iraqi
Shi'ite Badr Organization
stand near a tunnel built
by Islamic State fighters
on the outskirts of Falluja,
Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 105
106. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28,
2016
Fighters from the Iraqi Shi'ite
Badr Organization look at a
tunnel built by Islamic State
fighters on the outskirts of
Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier
Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 106
107. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May
28, 2016
A fighter from the Iraqi
Shi'ite Badr
Organization holds his
rifle in an underground
tunnel built by Islamic
State fighters on the
outskirts of Falluja, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 107
108. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016
Fighters from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr
Organization walk past a poster depicting
images of former Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May
28, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
June 30, 2016 108
109. Photographer
Alaa Al-Marjani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Sunday, May 29, 2016
Shi'ite fighters take a selfie while
firing artillery towards Islamic
State militants near Falluja, Iraq,
May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-
Marjani
May 29 , 2016
June 30, 2016 109
110. A member of the Iraqi security forces
fires artillery during clashes with ISIS
militants near Fallujah, Iraq.
ALAA AL-MARJANI / Reuters
May 29 , 2016
June 30, 2016 110
111. Displaced Iraqi women and children
swarm a Red Crescent ambulance
handing out medicine at a newly-
opened camp in the government-held
town of Amriyat al-Fallujah, about 20
miles southeast of Fallujah, on May
29, 2016.
It's believed that more than 50,000
civilians are still inside Fallujah.
JEAN MARC MOJON / AFP - Getty
Images
May 29 , 2016
June 30, 2016 111
112. A displaced Iraqi girl sleeps on
May 29 inside a tent at a newly-
opened camp in Amriyat al-
Fallujah.
JEAN MARC MOJON / AFP - Getty
Images
May 29 , 2016
June 30, 2016 112
113. BATTLE FOR FALLUJA
Photographer
Alaa Al-Marjani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30,
2016
Iraqi security forces
members gesture near
Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 113
115. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes due to
clashes on the outskirts of Falluja,
gather in the town of Garma, Iraq,
May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 115
116. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30,
2016
Civilians who fled their homes
due to the clashes on the
outskirts of Falluja, gather in the
town of Garma, Iraq, May 30,
2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 116
120. An Iraqi military helicopter attacks Islamic State group positions during an offensive by Iraqi
military forces into Fallujah to retake the city from Islamic State militants in Iraq, Monday,
May 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
June 30, 2016 120
May 30 , 2016
122. Iraqi troops advance in armored vehicles on
May 30.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 122
123. The Iraqi troops are slowly moving up
from the southern edge in a column of
armored vehicles to retake Fallujah on
May 30, 2016.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 123
124. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes due to
the clashes on the outskirts of Falluja,
gather in the town of Garma, Iraq,
May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 124
125. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes
due to clashes on the outskirts of
Falluja, gather in the town of
Garma, Iraq, May 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 125
126. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes due to
clashes on the outskirts of Falluja,
gather in the town of Garma, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 126
127. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes
due to the clashes on the
outskirts of Falluja, gather in the
town of Garma, Iraq, May 30,
2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 127
128. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians, who fled their homes
due to the clashes on the
outskirts of Falluja, gather in the
town of Garma May 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
June 30, 2016 128
129. Smoke billows on the horizon as Iraqi military forces prepare for an
offensive into Fallujah to retake the city from Islamic State militants in
Iraq, Monday, May 30, 2016. A wave of bombings claimed by the
Islamic State group targeted commercial areas in and around Baghdad
on Monday, killing more than 20 people in attacks that came as Iraqi
troops poised to recapture Fallujah. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
June 30, 2016 129
May 30 , 2016
130. Smoke rises as Iraqi counterterrorism forces face off with Islamic State militants on the
southern edge of Fallujah, Iraq on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 a day after launching an operation
of the militant-held city with the help of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. (AP Photo/Osama Sami)
June 30, 2016 130
May 31 , 2016
131. Iraqi counterterrorism
forces face off with Islamic
State militants on the
southern edge of Fallujah,
Iraq on Tuesday, May 31,
2016 a day after launching
an operation of the
militant-held city with the
help of U.S.-led coalition
airstrikes. (AP
Photo/Osama Sami)
June 30, 2016 131
May 31 , 2016
132. Abu Shiab, center right, sits with his family in a tent on May 31, 2016 at the Alexanzan camp
in the Dora neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, after being displaced from
the Jbeil, a village near Fallujah.
SABAH ARAR / AFP - Getty Images
May 31 , 2016
June 30, 2016 132
142. Photographer
Bassam Khabieh
Location
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
Reuters / Monday, March 14, 2016
A general view shows damaged
buildings as seen from the rebel held
Qaboun neighborhood of Damascus.
REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
June 30, 2016 142
March 14, 2016
Gallery Photos
143. Photographer
Bassam Khabieh
Location
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
Reuters / Monday, March 14, 2016
A boy walks past satellites dishes
used as planting beds in the rebel
held Qaboun neighborhood of
Damascus. REUTERS/Bassam
Khabieh
June 30, 2016 143
March 14, 2016
Gallery Photos
144. In this Sunday, May 29, 2016
photo, Syrian refugee sisters play
near their family's tent at an
informal tented settlement near
the Syrian border on the outskirts
of Mafraq, Jordan. (AP
Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
June 30, 2016 144
May 29 , 2016
145. Syrian Civil Defense members evacuate a
toddler from the rubble of buildings
destroyed following Russian air strikes a day
earlier in the northwestern city of Idlib.
Omar Haj Kadour / AFP - Getty Images-31
May 31 , 2016
June 30, 2016 145
147. In this Friday, May 27, 2016 photo, the
senior leader of a breakaway faction of
the Taliban Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi,
second left, arrives to give a speech to
his fighters, in Shindand district of Herat
province, Afghanistan. Niazi said
Sunday, May 29, 2016 it was willing to
hold peace talks with the Afghan
government but would demand the
imposition of Islamic law and the
departure of all foreign forces. (AP
Photos/Allauddin Khan)
June 30, 2016 147
May 27 , 2016
148. In this Friday, May 27, 2016 photo,
members of a breakaway faction of
the Taliban fighters prepare to guard
a gathering , in Shindand district of
Herat province, Afghanistan. Mullah
Abdul Manan Niazi said Sunday, May
29, 2016 he was willing to hold
peace talks with the Afghan
government but would demand the
imposition of Islamic law and the
departure of all foreign forces. (AP
Photo/Allauddin Khan)
June 30, 2016 148
May 27 , 2016
149. In this Friday, May 27, 2016 photo,
members of a breakaway faction of the
Taliban fighters walks during a
gathering, in Shindand district of Herat
province, Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul
Manan Niazi said Sunday, May 29, 2016
he was willing to hold peace talks with
the Afghan government but would
demand the imposition of Islamic law
and the departure of all foreign forces.
(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
June 30, 2016 149
May 27 , 2016
150. In this Friday, May 27, 2016
photo, members of a breakaway
faction of the Taliban fighters
walk during a gathering, in
Shindand district of Herat
province, Afghanistan. Mullah
Abdul Manan Niazi said Sunday,
May 29, 2016 he was willing to
hold peace talks with the Afghan
government but would demand
the imposition of Islamic law and
the departure of all foreign forces.
(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
June 30, 2016 150
May 27 , 2016
151. In this Friday, May 27, 2016 photo, a member of a
breakaway faction of the Taliban fighters bakes bread during
a gathering , in Shindand district of Herat province,
Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi said Sunday, May
29, 2016 he was willing to hold peace talks with the Afghan
government but would demand the imposition of Islamic
law and the departure of all foreign forces. (AP
Photo/Allauddin Khan)
June 30, 2016 151
May 27 , 2016
153. Women smile as they take a selfie on a rocky coastal area along the Beirut coastline,
Lebanon, Thursday, May 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
June 30, 2016 153
May 19 , 2016
154. A Lebanese man casts his fishing pole
from a rocky coastal area along the
Beirut coastline, Lebanon, Thursday,
May 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan
Ammar)
June 30, 2016 154
May 26 , 2016
156. Pakistani famers harvest wheat
crops in suburbs of Islamabad,
Pakistan, Wednesday, May 4,
2016. Wheat is the leading
food grain of Pakistan and
being the staple diet of the
people and occupies a central
position in agricultural
policies. (AP Photo/B.K.
Bangash)
June 30, 2016 156
May 04 , 2016
157. A Kushti wrestler gives tips
to a young wrestler during a
training session, in Lahore,
Pakistan, Saturday, May 7,
2016. Kushti, an Indo-
Pakistani form of wrestling,
is several thousand years
old and is a national sport
in Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M.
Chaudary, File)
June 30, 2016 157
May 07 , 2016
158. A lioness cools off by licking a slab of ice, during hot weather, at a zoo, in Lahore, Pakistan,
Monday, May 16, 2016 . Many cities in Pakistan are facing heat wave conditions. (AP
Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
June 30, 2016 158
May 16 , 2016
159. A boy walks back after getting
free food from a distribution
point at a shrine in Islamabad,
Pakistan, Wednesday, May 18,
2016. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
June 30, 2016 159
May 18 , 2016
160. Consumers buy ice Wednesday,
May 18, 2016 as temperatures rise
in Lahore, Pakistan. Various parts of
the country continued to
experience an intense heat wave,
with the temperatures reaching 49
degree Celsius (120 Fahrenheit) in
Larkana and other cities. (AP
Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
June 30, 2016 160
May 18 , 2016
161. Girls run toward their friends after
getting free food from a
distribution point at a shrine in
Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday,
May 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Anjum
Naveed)
June 30, 2016 161
May 18 , 2016
162. People cool themselves off during a heat wave in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 19,
2016. Various parts of the country continued to experience an intense heat wave, with the
temperatures reaching 48 degree Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) in Larkana and other cities. (AP
Photo/B.K. Bangash)
June 30, 2016 162
May 19 , 2016
163. This Saturday, May 21, 2016 photo taken by freelance
photographer Abdul Malik, purports to show volunteers
standing near the wreckage of the destroyed vehicle, in
which Mullah Akhtar Mansour was allegedly traveling in
the Ahmed Wal area in Baluchistan province of Pakistan,
near Afghanistan border. The Afghan Taliban has confirmed
that its former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in
a U.S. drone strike last week and appointed a successor. In a
statement sent to media Wednesday, May 25, 2016, the
insurgent group said its new leader is Mullah Haibatullah
Akhundzada, one of two Mansour's deputies. (AP
Photo/Abdul Malik)
June 30, 2016 163
May 21 , 2016
164. A Pakistani police officer and paramedics stand beside two dead bodies reportedly killed in a
U.S. drone strike in the Ahmad Wal area in Baluchistan province, Pakistan, at a hopsital in
Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 22, 2016. A senior commander of the Afghan Taliban
confirmed on Sunday that the extremist group's leader, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour,
had been killed in the strike. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
June 30, 2016 164
May 22 , 2016
166. In this Saturday, May 7, 2016 photo,
Eritrean Christian Orthodox migrants
attend a mass at a makeshift church in Tel
Aviv, Israel. Hundreds of faithful gather
each week in the makeshift churches.
With its walls bedecked with Christian
paraphernalia, it is an unlikely scene in
the heart of the Jewish state, hidden in a
non-descript buildings in hardscrabble
south Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 166
May 07 , 2016
167. In this Saturday, May 7, 2016 photo, Eritrean Christian Orthodox migrant women stand
during a mass at a makeshift church in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hundreds of faithful gather each week
in the makeshift churches. With its walls bedecked with Christian paraphernalia, it is an
unlikely scene in the heart of the Jewish state, hidden in a nondescript buildings in
hardscrabble south Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 167
May 07 , 2016
168. An Israeli soldier visits the grave of his friend on the Memorial Day eve commemorating
fallen soldiers, at the military cemetery at Mount Hertzl in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
Israel will mark the annual Memorial Day in remembrance of soldiers who died in the
nation's conflicts, beginning at dusk Tuesday until Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
June 30, 2016 168
May 10 , 2016
169. Israelis and tourists stand still on
the beach to observe two minutes
of silence as air raid sirens sound to
mark Israel's annual Memorial Day
for fallen soldiers, in Tel Aviv, Israel,
Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 169
May 11 , 2016
170. In this Wednesday, May 18, 2016
photo, Jewish settler boys play with
toy guns in Amona, an
unauthorized Israeli outpost in the
West Bank, east of the Palestinian
town of Ramallah. It is the largest
of about 100 outposts in the West
Bank which were built without
permission but generally tolerated
by the government. Under an
Israeli Supreme Court order, the
government must tear down the
outpost by the end of 2016. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)June 30, 2016 170
May 18 , 2016
171. In this Sunday, May 22, 2016 photo, contestants in the first Miss Trans Israel beauty pageant,
listen to a choreographer during a rehearsal in Tel Aviv, Israel. The pageant will be held at
HaBima, Israel's national theater, in Tel Aviv on Friday. Tel Aviv has emerged as one of the
world's most LGBT-friendly travel destinations, standing in sharp contrast to most of the rest
of the Middle East, where gays can face persecution. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 171
May 22 , 2016
172. In this Sunday, May 22, 2016 photo, contestants in the first Miss Trans Israel beauty pageant
gather for rehearsal in Tel Aviv, Israel. The pageant will be held at HaBima, Israel's national
theater, in Tel Aviv on Friday. Tel Aviv has emerged as one of the world's most LGBT-friendly
travel destinations, standing in sharp contrast to most of the rest of the Middle East, where
gays can face persecution. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 172
May 22 , 2016
173. Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand around a
bonfire during the Jewish holiday of Lag
Ba'Omer celebration in Jerusalem,
Wednesday, May 25, 2016. The holiday
marking the end of a plague said to have
decimated Jews during the Roman times.
(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 173
May 25 , 2016
174. Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand during the
Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer
celebration in Jerusalem, Wednesday,
May 25, 2016. The holiday marking
the end of a plague said to have
decimated Jews during the Roman
times. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 174
May 25 , 2016
175. Contestants in the first Miss Trans Israel
beauty pageant practice the walk on the
stage during rehearsal in Tel Aviv, Israel,
Thursday, May 26, 2016. The pageant will
be held at HaBima, Israel's national
theater, in Tel Aviv on Friday. Tel Aviv has
emerged as one of the world's most LGBT-
friendly travel destinations, standing in
sharp contrast to most of the rest of the
Middle East. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 175
May 26 , 2016
176. Israeli Arab Talleen Abu Hanna, 21,
left, kisses a friend after she was
announced as the first winner of
the title Miss Trans Israel during a
beauty pageant, at HaBima, Israel's
national theater in Tel Aviv, Israel,
Friday, May 27, 2016. Abu Hanna,
an Israeli from a Catholic Arab
family has been crowned the
winner of the country's first
transgender pageant. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 176
May 27 , 2016
177. A contestant get her makeup
ready backstage during the first
Miss Trans Israel beauty pageant
at HaBima, Israel's national
theater in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday,
May 27, 2016. Talleen Abu Hanna,
21, an Israeli from a Catholic Arab
family has been crowned the
winner of the country's first
transgender pageant.(AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 177
May 27 , 2016
178. An unidentified contestant walks on
stage during the first Miss Trans
Israel beauty pageant at HaBima,
Israel's national theater in Tel Aviv,
Israel, Friday, May 27, 2016. Talleen
Abu Hanna, 21, an Israeli from a
Catholic Arab family has been
crowned the winner of the country's
first transgender pageant.(AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
June 30, 2016 178
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May 2016