Thousands of desperate Rohingya, currently adrift in the Andaman Sea, highlight the plight of a persecuted, stateless minority; a resented Muslim population in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. Rohingya have faced discrimination for decades -- denied citizenship, stripped of their lands, and attacked by the military.
In this photo, Bangladeshi migrants, thought to be mainly Rohingya, wait at the police headquarters in Langkawi after landing on the Malaysian shore, May 11, 2015.
Nearly 2,000 boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh, many thought to be Rohingya, have been rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia since May 10.