Every summer, Spanish Mediterraneans celebrate the day of Sant Joan with screeching fireworks, demented devils, fire-breathing dragons and raging bonfires. Evil spirits are chased away by 'dimonis' - devils - and the public are allowed to join in with little respect for health and safety.
The origins of 'correfoc' - fire-running - date back to the 12th century. In Palma de Mallorca, as elsewhere in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, running with the devil eludes the attempts of the European Union to regulate its safety. It continues much as it always has.
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Video shot on a GoPro camera by a freelance photographer accompanying the Italian Navy on a rescue mission where 60 Italian Navymen rescues 998 immigrants from boats in the Mediterranean Sea just 30 km off the coast of Libya.
The men, women and children rescued from the smugglers' boat were from Syria, Eritrea, Mali, Palestine and Afghanistan.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
In recent weeks Italy has faced an emergency situation as wave after wave of immigrants arrive to already-overburdened centers for refugees and asylum-seekers. In Rome, the area around Tiburtina has become temporary home to many immigrants who turn to the Baobab center for clothes, food and assistance.
The spokesperson of Frontex European Union Agency describes the Joint Operation TRITON with its military device and command structure.
June 20 is World Refugee Day.
In 2014, global refugee numbers were higher than they have ever been since World War II. In 2015, the problem has only gotten worse.
There are currently over 50 million refugees in the world and more than %50 of them are children. Approximately half of the world's refugees are from just three countries: Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia.
The response to this massive international crisis has been limited, with most refugee aid programs desperately underfunded. Amnesty International has called the lack of robust international response "A Conspiracy of Neglect." With little help on the way, the future of the world's displaced remains uncertain.
Libyan coast guard vessels intercept a boat carrying 120 African migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and force it to return to the port of Tripoli.
A vigil was held in Berlin to commemorate the hundreds of migrants who died in the shipwreck off the Libyan coast on April 19. People taking part laid candles and flowers on the street. The ceremony turned into a peaceful protest in front of the European Commission Berlin office in an attempt to raise awareness about the need to step up search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.
A man offers a lighted candle during the vigil on Unter den Linden street in Berlin.
A young man lighting a candle at the vigil in Berlin to commemorate the hundreds who died in the shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
A man and a woman during the one minute silence to commemorate the hundreds who died in the shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
A young woman placing a candle on a bike during the vigil to commemorate the hundreds who died in the shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
People lighting candles on Unter den Linden street in Berlin to commemorate the hundreds who died in the shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
A man holding a candle during the vigil to commemorate the hundreds who died in the shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
Candles and flowers laid in front of the European Commission office in Berlin.