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The conflict pitting ethnic Rakhine Buddhists against stateless Rohingya Muslims in coastal Rakhine state marks some of the worst sectarian unrest recorded in Myanmar in years. People fled their burning homes and Myanmar's security forces struggled to contain communal violence June 10 in a western region where state media reported the death toll keeps climbing.
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Myanmar policemen walk towards burning buildings in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar, where sectarian violence IS ongoing Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Gunshots rang out and residents fled blazing homes in western Myanmar on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain deadly ethnic and religious violence that has killed at least a dozen people and forced thousands to flee. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Myanmar policemen walk toward burning buildings in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar, where sectarian violence is ongoing Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Gunshots rang out and residents fled blazing homes in western Myanmar on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain deadly ethnic and religious violence that has killed at least a dozen people and forced thousands to flee. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Myanmar policemen walk towards burning buildings in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar, where sectarian violence is ongoing Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Gunshots rang out and residents fled blazing homes in western Myanmar on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain deadly ethnic and religious violence that has killed at least a dozen people and forced thousands to flee. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Ethnic Rakhine Buddhist monks gather at Sule Pagoda in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The monks prayed for those who died in recent communal clashes in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. (AP Photo/Aye Aye Win)
Residents carry their belongings as buildings burn in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar, where sectarian violence is ongoing Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Gunshots rang out and residents fled blazing homes in western Myanmar on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain deadly ethnic and religious violence that has killed at least a dozen people and forced thousands to flee. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
A Rohingya protester cries as he holds a placard during a rally to call for an end to the ongoing unrest and violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (AP Photo/ Vincent Thian)
Members of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) stand guard by the river Naf as Rohingyas from Myanmar try to get into Bangladesh by boats in Teknaf June 12, 2012. The European Union said on Monday it was satisfied with Myanmar's \"measured\" handling of the Muslim-Buddhist violence that engulfed one of its biggest towns at the weekend, while the United States urged all ethnic groups to work at reconciliation. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A person throws a bucket of warter at a house engulfed in flames in Sittwe, Myanmar, Monday, June 11, 2012. With fearful residents cowering indoors, security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar collected bodies Monday from the debris of homes burned down over the weekend in some of the country's deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years. The Buddhist-Muslim violence, which has left at least seven people dead and hundreds of homes torched since Friday, poses one the biggest tests yet for Myanmar's new government as it struggles to reform the nation after generations of military rule. (AP Photo/Kihn Maung Win)
Security forces try to restore order on Monday to a state in western Myanmar placed under emergency rule after a wave of deadly religious violence, as the United Nations evacuate foreign workers.
