World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

Brasil ..protest & rioting continue...Photo credit to the AP & Reuters.

Military police detain a man during an anti-government protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2013. More than half a million Brazilians poured into the streets of at least 80 Brazilian cities Thursday in demonstrations that saw violent clashes and renewed calls for an end to government corruption and demands for better public services. Riot police battled protesters in at least five cities, with some of the most intense clashes happening in Rio de Janeiro, where an estimated 300,000 demonstrators swarmed into the seaside city's central area. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Riot police on horses line up in front of the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Demonstrators confront Brazilian police during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2013. Protests are planned in more than 80 cities across Brazil Thursday, a week after the start of massive demonstrations that have sent hundreds of thousands of people into the streets denouncing poor public services and government corruption. Riot police battled protesters in at least five cities, with some of the most intense clashes happening in Rio de Janeiro, where an estimated 300,000 demonstrators swarmed into the seaside city's central area. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-government protest in Rio de Janeiro's sister city, Niteroi, Brazil, Wednesday evening, June 19, 2013. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo city leaders said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests. Many people doubted the move would quiet the demonstrations which have moved well beyond outrage over the fare hikes into communal cries against poor public services. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

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Brazilian police shot tear gas at demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Rio de Janeiro's sister city, Niteroi, Brazil, Wednesday evening, June 19, 2013.

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Rio police advance with an armored vehicle, right, chasing demonstrators near Candelaria Church, background, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Protesters (?) try to invade the state assembly during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013.

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This June 17, 2013 photo, a policeman lies injured on the ground after clashing with demonstrators during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Officers in Rio fired tear gas and rubber bullets when a group of protesters invaded the state legislative assembly and threw rocks and flares at police. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

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Members of the Brazilian law enforcement troops confront people during protests ahead of the Confederations Cup soccer match between Brazil and Mexico outside the stadium of Fortaleza June 19, 2013. Tens of thousands of protestors took part in the protest as police and national guard used tear gas and rubber bullets to stop the protestors marching towards the stadium. *******/Kai Pfaffenbach

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People shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2013.

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Photo credit goes to Reuters..mp.net blocks the names Getty & Reuters.

An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the entrance gate of the presidential palace in Kabul June 25, 2013. Afghan forces put down an early morning attack by Taliban insurgents on the presidential palace and nearby buildings in central Kabul on Tuesday, with police saying all the assailants had been killed after a 90-minute gunfight. *******/Omar Sobhani

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Afghan security forces run to the site of an insurgent attack in Kabul June 25, 2013. Afghan forces put down the early morning attack by Taliban insurgents on the presidential palace and nearby buildings in central Kabul on Tuesday, with police saying all the assailants had been killed after a 90-minute gunfight. *******/Omar Sobhani

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Afghan National Army soldiers & security personnel keep watch near the entrance gate of the presidential palace in Kabul June 25, 2013.

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Afghan security forces arrive to the site of an insurgent attack in Kabul June 25, 2013.

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A NATO soldier leaves the site of attack in Kabul June 25, 2013.

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NATO soldiers prepare to leave the site of attack in Kabul June 25, 2013.

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A Polish soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands near an armoured vehicle that was hit by a roadside bomb in Ghazni province June 25, 2013. *******/Mustafa Andaleb

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bd popeye said:

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All these mass riotings in Brazil a yr before the World Cup and three years before the Olympics does not bode well for Brazil.

The cops are definitely corrupt in Brazil and so are the politicians.

If you have not seen Elite Squad or Elite Squad 2 I highly recommend it. Even though it is fiction, it represents Rio in a highly realistic manner with the drug gangs, dirty cops and corrupt politicians but also the 'good' guys who are the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE).. basically their police special forces or like SWAT.

It is also very violent so definitely don't watch it if kids are around especially if you watch the uncut version.

All these mass riotings in Brazil a yr before the World Cup and three years before the Olympics does not bode well for Brazil.

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I agree.. I think the World Cup should be moved to the US.. the US and the UK may be the only two nations that could hold the World cup on such a short notice. No lack of infrastructure, i.e. stadiums hotels travel ease, in either country.

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kwaigonegin said:

All these mass riotings in Brazil a yr before the World Cup and three years before the Olympics does not bode well for Brazil.

The cops are definitely corrupt in Brazil and so are the politicians.

If you have not seen Elite Squad or Elite Squad 2 I highly recommend it. Even though it is fiction, it represents Rio in a highly realistic manner with the drug gangs, dirty cops and corrupt politicians but also the 'good' guys who are the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE).. basically their police special forces or like SWAT.

It is also very violent so definitely don't watch it if kids are around especially if you watch the uncut version.

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I've seen the first Elite Squad but haven't seen the second one yet. The BOPE is not someone you want to mess with.

Queen Elizabeth Aft Island lifted into place.

Feast your eyes! This is the first video I have seen of it.


And here's three pics from :

Bloodless Coup d'etat in Egypt

Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi celebrate as they watch the news at a coffee shop near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Airport officials say a travel ban has been issued against the embattled president and the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. The officials said Wednesday that the travel ban on Morsi has to do with his escape from prison with more than 30 other Muslim Brotherhood during the 2011 uprising against autocrat Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Egyptian army armoured personnel carriers (APC) are seen stationed outside the French embassy in Cairo on July 4, 2013. Egypt's chief justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as the country's interim president, a day after the military ousted and detained president Mohamed Morsi following days of massive protests. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

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Members of the military keep guard on a road leading to the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square, where supporters of Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Mursi are camping at, in Cairo July 4, 2013.

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Egypt's riot police take position to keep guard in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court during the swearing in ceremony of the head of Egypt's Constitutional Court Adli Mansour as the nation's interim president in Cairo July 4, 2013. Egypt's new head of state said the Muslim Brotherhood were part of the people and were welcome to help "build the nation" a day after the military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi, the website of the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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Egyptian soldiers deploy near Cairo University, where Muslim Brotherhood supporters have gathered to support ousted president Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Thursday, July 4, 2013. The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Adly Mansour took the oath of office at the Nile-side Constitutional Court in a ceremony broadcast live on state television. According to military decree, Mansour will serve as Egypt's interim leader until a new president is elected. A date for that vote has yet to be set.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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More from Egypt;

Fireworks light the sky moments after Egypt's military chief says the president is replaced by chief justice of constitutional court outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Egypt's military has suspended the Islamist-backed constitution and called early elections. The military also announced that embattled President Mohammed Morsi will be replaced.Cheers erupted among millions of protesters nationwide who were demanding Morsi's ouster. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi are prevented from gathering outside the Supreme Constitutional Court building by Egyptian police special forces after the swearing in ceremony of newly appointed interim president Adly Mansour on July, 4, 2013 in Cairo. Egypt's new caretaker president Mansour had been head of the Supreme Constitutional Court for just two days when the army named him leader of the Arab world's most populous state. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

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Riot police stand stand ready as members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi protest in front of Egypt's Constitutional Court during the swearing in ceremony of Adli Mansour as the nation's interim president in Cairo July 4, 2013. Egypt's prosecutor ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader on Thursday, widening a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president Mursi. But Adli Mansour used his inauguration to hold out an olive branch to the Brotherhood. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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CAIRO, EGYPT - JULY 04: An Egyptian soldier is greeted by a man at a checkpoint in the district of Nasser City the morning after former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, was ousted from power on July 4, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Adly Mansour, chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in as the interim head of state in ceremony in Cairo in the morning of July 4, the day after Morsi was placed under house arrest by the Egyptian military and the Constitution was suspended. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)

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CAIRO, EGYPT - JULY 04: Egyptian Army armoured vehicles sit parked at a checkpoint in the district of Nasser City the morning after former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, was ousted from power on July 4, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Adly Mansour, chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in as the interim head of state in ceremony in Cairo in the morning of July 4, the day after Morsi was placed under house arrest by the Egyptian military and the Constitution was suspended. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images)

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test bd said:

I agree.. I think the World Cup should be moved to the US.. the US and the UK may be the only two nations that could hold the World cup on such a short notice. No lack of infrastructure, i.e. stadiums hotels travel ease, in either country.

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CPL Christopher Donavan from the School of Infantry displaying the new improved uniform for Australian Combat Soldiers.

Dr Alex Zelinsky Chief Defence Scientist alongside CPL Christopher Donavan from the School of Infantry displaying the new improved uniform for Australian Combat Soldiers.

CPL Christopher Donavan from the School of Infantry with the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army, WO David Ashley OAM.

Major General John Caligari, CPL Christopher Donavan from the School of Infantry, Colonel Jason Blain and Colonel Mark Jennings.


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Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment conduct a battle sight zero on seven M1A1 Abrams tanks with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in order to correctly align the sights during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 28, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment conduct a battle sight zero on seven M1A1 Abrams tanks with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in order to correctly align the sights during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 28, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment conduct a battle sight zero on seven M1A1 Abrams tanks with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in order to correctly align the sights during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 28, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)



Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment conduct a battle sight zero on seven M1A1 Abrams tanks with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in order to correctly align the sights during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 28, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)



Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment conduct inspections on an M1A1 Abrams tank with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 29, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment load ammunition on an M1A1 Abrams tank with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 29, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment conduct inspections on an M1A1 Abrams tank with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 24, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment load ammunition on an M1A1 Abrams tank with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 29, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment load ammunition on an M1A1 Abrams tank with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 29, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment load ammunition on an M1A1 Abrams tank with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 29, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment load ammunition on an M1A1 Abrams tank with U.S. Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 29, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)




Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment fire the 105mm cannon on an M1A1 Abrams tank during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 30, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)



Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment fire the 105mm cannon on an M1A1 Abrams tank during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 30, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)



Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment observe rounds impacting down range while aboard an M1A1 Abrams tank during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 30, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)



Australian Army soldiers with 1st Armored Regiment fire the 105mm cannon on an M1A1 Abrams tank during Exercise GOLD EAGLE aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 30, 2013. Exercise GOLD EAGLE is a combat arms reciprocal exchange program which allows U.S. and Australian forces to share knowledge and improve interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/ Released)