Through The Lens: Today in Pictures, June 16, 2014

Iraqi children wash clothes and drink water at a temporary camp set up to house civilians fleeing violence, in Iraq's northern Nineveh province. Shiite Iran will consider working with longtime foe the United States if it takes the lead in helping pus
Iraqi children wash clothes and drink water at a temporary camp set up to house civilians fleeing violence, in Iraq's northern Nineveh province. Shiite Iran will consider working with longtime foe the United States if it takes the lead in helping push back Sunni Arab militants, who have seized a swathe of northern Iraq. -- PHOTO: AFP

A man rides a public bicycle at a bicycle-sharing station in Beijing, and men show their fingers after the ink-stained part of their fingers were cut off by the Taliban after they took part in the presidential election. These and more, in Today in Pictures.

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