A girl displaced by the fighting jumps rope in a camp for IDPs at the UN base in Bentiu
A girl displaced by the fighting jumps rope in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the United Nations (UN) base in Bentiu, Unity State, June 17, 2014. Around 39,000 people have found shelter in the UN base in Bentiu. About 1.5 million people have been displaced, including 378,000 who fled to neighbouring countries, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)
A girl displaced by the fighting carries a bucket filled with water from a pond in a camp for IDPs at the UN base in Bentiu
A girl displaced by the fighting carries a bucket filled with water from a pond where people swim, bath and take washing and drinking water from, in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the United Nations (UN) base in Bentiu, Unity State, June 17, 2014. Around 39,000 people have found shelter in the UN base in Bentiu. About 1.5 million people have been displaced, including 378,000 who fled to neighbouring countries according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)
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Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight the ISIL, gather during a parade in Basra
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An Iraqi man buys military uniforms at shop in Basra
An Iraqi man (R) buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East, with no regard for national borders that the fighters reject. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
An Iraqi man buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad
An Iraqi man (R) buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 16, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East, with no regard for national borders that the fighters reject. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)