Coal miners demonstrate with their lamps lit through the streets of Leon, Spain, on June 12. Spanish coal miners staged a nationwide strike organized by unions opposed to subsidy reductions from 300 million euros to 110 million euros.
— Cesar Manso / AFP
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Plea for mercy
A Rohingya Muslim man who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religious violence cries as he pleads from a boat after he and others were intercepted by Bangladeshi border authorities in Taknaf, Bangladesh, June 13. Bangladesh has turned back more than 1,500 refugees in recent days. A global human rights group has urged Bangladesh to keep its border open to people seeking refuge from sectarian violence in western Myanmar.
— Anurup Titu / AP
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Fire storm
Smoke from the High Park wildfire fills the air over a small barn, turning the sky orange, near Laporte, Colo., June 10.
— Marc Piscotty / X02565
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Solar power
The sun reflects off solar panels of the International Space Station as it floats between night and day, June 8.
Kashmiri orphan girls study in their room at the Gulshan-E-Bannat Orphanage in Gopal Pora, near Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, May 17. According to a survey conducted by non-governmental organization Save the Children, there are more than 200,000 orphans in Jammu and Kashmir. Thirty-seven percent of these orphans have lost one or both parents due to the 20-plus-year armed conflict that began in the region in 1989.
Editor's note: Image received June 13.
— Farooq Khan / EPA
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Child's play
Children climb on a canvas shelter in Levinsky Park in the Mediterranean city of Tel Aviv, Israel, June 11, where thousands of African migrants reside. Israeli authorities rounded up dozens of migrants slated for deportation, most of them Africans from South Sudan, as the government weighs tough penalties against Israelis who help illegal aliens.
— Jack Guez / AFP
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Sack of flower
An Indian vendor carries a sack of marigold flowers at a market on the outskirts of New Delhi, June 11. In recent years the Indian flower industry has been shifting from traditional flowers to cut flowers for export.
— Andrew Caballero-reynolds / AFP
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Detained
An immigrant from South Sudan looks out the window of an Israeli Immigration and Population Department car after being arrested in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 12.
A van is trapped in a hole after a cave-in happened on Fuxing road in Guilin, China, due to long-term rainfall, June 8. The driver was injured in the incident.