Residents of Dehui, Jilin province, in northeast China, protest June 4 outside a chicken slaughter plant where at least 119 workers were killed and dozens injured a day earlier as a result of the bosses’ negligence and lack of concern for the lives of workers. Provincial officials told the media that an ammonia leak sparked an explosion that led to a fire at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Co. factory. More than 300 workers were inside the plant at the time. Only one side door was open, with all other exit doors locked, a worker at the plant told the Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily.  

—BRIAN WILLIAMS