Iraqi families fleeing violence in the northern Nineveh province gather at a Kurdish checkpoint in Aski kalak, 40 kms West of Arbil, in the autonomous Kurdistan region, on June 10, 2014. Suspected jihadists seized Iraq’s entire northern province of Nineveh and its capital Mosul, the country’s second-largest city, in a major blow to authorities, who appear incapable of stopping militant advances. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED