Fleeing through Iraq
Threatened by Islamic State militants, thousands of members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority have fled their refuge on Mount Sinjar in recent days, heading to the Syrian border and then north to cross back into Iraq’s Kurdish region.
Thousands more are still on the mountain, sheltering from militants who, according to Iraq’s human rights minister, have killed at least 500 Yazidis during their recent onslaught in the north.
Yazidi children, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar, walk towards the Syrian border.
Others ride a donkey as they make their way across the rough terrain.
The Yazidis traverse the dry landscape.
Members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) help the fleeing Yazidis.
A displaced child takes a break on her journey.
A mother and her child also rest.
Another member of the YPG helps the Yazidis as they flee.
Members of the Kurdish Red Cresent help a displaced woman from the Yazidi sect.
Other members help a displaced man.
Displaced people climb on a truck as they make their way towards the Syrian border.
Members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) help displaced people.
Yazidis ride a truck as they make their way across the desert.
Dust coats a Yazidi man’s face.
Displaced people head for the Syrian border.
