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Photo: @ezz.alzanoon for #AJEinpictures ••• Gaza's two million residents live much of their lives in the dark. Already receiving just four hours a day, residents lost another 45-60 minutes after the latest round of cuts, which have put additional pressure on the besieged territory's health sector. The latest round of cuts followed a decision by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to reduce the amount of money spent on Gaza's electricity supply.
Photo: @RahulRadhakris for #AJEinpictures ••• As summer temperatures rise in northern Syria, three Syrian men cool off on a canoe on the Euphrates river in Aleppo province. In the distance is a damaged building atop a hill on the western bank of the river - an area controlled by the YPG. Rahul Radhakrishnan / TRT World
Photo: @doriangeiger for AJE ••• Meet Father Atom Asatryan, a 55-year-old Armenian man of God and the friendly, talkative, and inquisitive priest of picturesque Haghpat Monastery in Northern Armenia. “God is important to the all people on the Earth,” he says. “He is the Life, Hope, Love, and Father for all of us.” Just how important is Christianity to the Armenian national identity? Father Atom puts it like this: “In the middle of fifth century during the war with the Persians the famous commander of Armenian forces Vartan Mamikonyan said, ‘Christianity is our skin color, we can’t change it.‘”
Photo: @florencelooi for #AJEinpictures ••• "In the distance lies Xinmo village, buried under a landslide. On the right is the slope that collapsed, now bare and bald. Officials say the mud and rocks that engulfed the village was enough to fill 3000 Olympic-sized pools."
Photo: @kungfu_photography for #AJEinpictures ••• "The eyes of this 'Street Beggar' #elephant spoke of such despair." Elephants walking on the streets of India and Thailand is a common sight. These elephants are used as props for the purposes of begging. The elephants are forced to live and work in an urban environment. The owner or handler makes money by forcing them to perform tricks for passersby. Animal groups have called to end the practice of using these animals to get donations.
Photo: @babatamim for #AJEinpictures ••• "Taking a few minutes break from begging, six-year-old Sabiya poses for a picture at Jhelum View Park, in Srinagar, India-administrated Kashmir. She is among the thousands of non-local beggars who throng the streets of the valley, during the holy month of Ramadan, seeking alms. The number of non-local beggars is high. They gather near tourists destination; mosques, shrines, and bus stands. The majority of them have set up tents to live in temporarily on the outskirts of the city. Ironically, most of the child beggars who come here with their parents are registered as tourists since technically they are annual summer visitors to India-administrated Kashmir. They leave the valley with the first snowfall each year."
Photo: @marcogualazzini for AJE ••• Children from the Tulizeni orphanage in Goma go to Lake Kivu every day to get water. The centre has taken in 74 girls and 200 women who have suffered sexual abuse in the past three years. The UN Population Fund recorded nearly 12,000 cases of gender and sexual-based violence in five eastern DRC provinces in 2014. 39% of cases were considered to be directly connected to armed conflict. Orphanages like Tulizeni are helping victims to overcome their past and campaigning to prevent more incidences like these occurring. They are part of a larger movement in the DRC that aims to provide medical, psychological and social help to marginalised victims.
Photo: @robertsturman for #AJEinpictures ••• Happy International Yoga Day! Today millions of people across the world are marking the third International Yoga Day. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi persuaded the UN in 2015 to declare June 21 as International Yoga Day. Since then, the day’s popularity has continued to grow. Over 200 million people were estimated to have participated in the event last year. This year events are being held in 180 nations across the world and the number of people participating are expected to exceed that of last year. Prime Minister Modi led a yoga asanas session in front of thousands of yogis in New Delhi. He said to the crowd, "I welcome all yoga lovers present here and those performing yoga in various corners of the world. Today, yoga has become a part of so many lives. Yoga's popularity out of India is high and it has connected the world with India." Photographer Robert Sturman traveled the world exploring how yoga has influenced various communities. These images are part of a series he calls "the poetry of asana." Locations: Bethlehem, Kenya, Cuba, Jerusalem, Palestine. #internationalyogaday
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Photo: Constance Decorde for AJE ••• Today marks World Refugee Day. Right now more than 65 million people are counted as forcibly displaced by the UN. Many of them live in makeshift camps like this one in the Khiam Valley in south Lebanon. Around 500 Syrian families live here. The conditions are poor and large families are cramped into small makeshifts tents. This camp is located close to the Israeli border, so the area is watched by Lebanese services. Syrian refugee children suffer a lot from this situation, as they cannot have a proper education and live in camps like this one. Here, some children play in front of their shelter. #WorldRefugeeDay
Photo: @jennabel for #AJEinpictures ••• The 11 medieval churches hewn from solid rock in the heart of Ethiopia were built on the orders of King Lalibela, who set out to construct a "New Jerusalem" in Africa. The blocks were chiseled down in the 12th century, forming doors, windows, various floors, trenches and ceremonial passages - some with openings to hermit caves and catacombs. The sacred site is a place of pilgrimage for those in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Legend claims the churches were built in only 24 years. To see more from @jennabel and her trip to Ethiopia, head to our story now.
Photo: @sorin_furcoi for AJE ••• Jibrila Mai Moona, 55, lives in a corner inside the courtyard of Koudoukou Mosque in Bangui. She lost her home and business in 2013, during the peak of the violence in Central African Republic. She used to sell food and wood for cooking. Today she only has few bags of clothes and a sleeping mat. "We are all guest on earth. What matters is that god gives you health. I don't blame anyone for what happened to me" said Jibrila. Follow Al Jazeera English journalists @sorin_furcoi & @azad.essa now to see more from their deployment in CAR. aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures
Photo: @edu_martinsp for #AJEinpictures ••• "Displaced Iraqi family at the western Mosul. More than 400,000 people have been displaced from western Mosul about two months into the Iraqi army's battle against ISIL."
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