Photos of the year 2014 (11)

A monk prays for the missing passengers aboard the sunken vessel Sewol in Jindo, South Korea, April 18, 2014. On April 16, the ferry Sewol capsized and sank in waters off southwestern South Korea. Among 476 passengers aboard the ship were 325 high school students on their way for a school trip. The death toll is 295, two thirds of them teenagers, and nine remains unaccounted for. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)