An armed man who claim to be members of a self-defense group patrols the limits of Taixtan in the Michoacan state of Mexico, Thursday, October 28, 2021. The army has largely stopped fighting drug cartels here, instead ordering soldiers to guard the dividing lines between gang territories so they won’t invade each other’s turf – and turn a blind eye to the cartels’ illegal activities. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)
An armed soldier of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) army patrols the destroyed Donetsk Airport in Donetsk, Ukraine on March 4, 2015. (Photo by Valery Sharifulin/TASS)
Afghan anti-al-Qaida fighters rest at a former al-Qaida base in the White Mountains near Tora Bora Wednesday December 19, 2001, behind a string of ammunition found after the retreat of al-Qaida members from the area. (Photo by David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)
An Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman strokes a dog in a snow covered trench on the frontline with the Russia-backed separatists near Verkhnetoretskoye village, in the Donetsk region on January 31, 2022. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)
ARP trainees battle the waves while completing training exercises during the last week of a ten week program to become members of the Taiwan navy’s elite Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol unit, at Zuoying navy base, Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, December 18, 2021. The trainees have to endure everything from long marches to hours in the water, with constant screaming at by their instructors. Of the group of 31 who started the program, only 15 finished. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)
An ARP trainee pulls a fellow trainee, who is pretending to be injured, through sewage contaminated water during the last week of a ten week program to become members of the Taiwan navy’s elite Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol unit, at Zuoying navy base, Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, December 21, 2021. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)
Cadets of the “Saiqa” force (Special Forces) of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) affiliated with eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar take part in a graduation ceremony in tribute to the force’s late commander Wanis Bukhamada, in the eastern city of Benghazi, on January 20, 2022. (Photo by Abdullah Doma/AFP Photo)
A member from Afar militia pose for a photograph in Shewa Robit, Ethiopia, on December 05, 2021. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)
