Government troops take position against enemy snipers as they escort rescued workers and trapped residents near the town center where heavy fighting between troops and Muslim militants have been raging in Marawi, in southern island of Mindanao on June 1, 2017, as fighting between government forces and Muslim militants enter its tenth day. Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages in a southern city killed 11 soldiers, authorities said as they conceded hundreds of gunmen may have escaped a blockade. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)
