Where chocolate begins: A worker shovels up sun-dried cocoa beans for export in Guiglo, Ivory Coast. Competition over land for growing the bean is fueling a cycle of ethnic violence in the nation.
COHORTS Soldiers of Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, walk down to meet members of the Explosive Ordnance Detachment near the Improvised Explosive Device site in the town of Dibbis, Iraq, April 9, 2004. The destruction of IEDs is vital to the safety of coalition forces in Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. April Johnson