Yemeni soldiers who joined sides with anti-regime protesters wave their rifles and chant slogans during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on May 27, 2011.
Defecting army soldiers shout slogans as they take part in a rally to demand the ouster of 's President in Sanaa May 27, 2011. Yemeni tribesmen said they wrested a military compound from elite troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the capital Sanaa on Friday as increased fighting threatened to tip the country into civil war.
Special Forces Combat soldiers ride in a parade during a war victory ceremony in Colombo May 27, 2011. holds a military parade and memorial for fallen soldiers on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the defeat of the Tamil Tigers, which ended a quarter-century civil war in the Indian Ocean nation.
Burundian peacekeepers from the Mission to (AMISOM) rest during fighting between Somalia government soldiers and Islamist insurgents in KBB village of Hodan district in the capital Mogadishu, May 27, 2011. African Union troops in Somalia are slowly tightening the noose around the nerve-centre of rebel operations in the capital, but seizing control of Mogadishu will not bring peace to the Horn of nation.
AU peacekeepers tank fires during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Bakara market neighborhood on Friday, May 27, 2011. The is warning Somali leaders that they risk losing financial support if they can't agree on how to carry out upcoming elections. 's government depends on international support for almost everything, including the salaries of soldiers and lawmakers. Around 9,000 troops are stationed in Mogadishu to prevent the government from being overrun by militants.
Georgian military personnel and vehicles parade through central Tbilisi, May 26, 2011. Georgia marks its 20th anniversary of independence on Thursday.
RMC Conduct Urban Operations training in the Old Kenmore Hospital ,Goulburn . Pictured are Officer Cadets from 1st class clearing factious enemy from the hospital buildings
Swedish Home Guard Exercise began with a company fighting to secure the former Molle Valley High School shooting in the middle of Malmo, also taking part were elements of the Danish Home Guard - 26th May 2011
French Soldiers from the RPIMa Light Reconnaissance Group conducting off road tactical vehicle insertion training, Reunion May 2011
Swedish Marines from Amfibieregementet (Amf 1) - Anti-Ship Missile Team, during a tactical training exercise 27th May 2011