A B-52 bomber lands Wednesday at the Moscow International Air Show in Zhukovsky, Russia.
A Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy fighter walks by a Marine and a West African peacekeeper Wednesday at a LURD checkpoint on the Po River near Monrovia, Liberia. Marines from the 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit visited the Po River bridge, the official cease-fire line.
Bubajalo Mohammed of the Nigerian army points out a LURD checkpoint situated on the other side of the bridge to Marines from the 26th MEU on Wednesday.
Lt. Col. William Adamson (center), commander of the 588th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, speaks to one of his soldiers Thursday on the steps of a mosque in As Sadah, Iraq. Several hundred soldiers, taking part in an operation to search houses here, called in Iraqi police to search the mosque.
A helicopter flies over a palm grove Thursday during an operation in which several hundred soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division searched houses and garages in As Sadah. The troops detained one man but did not find the weapon caches they were looking for.
Soldiers inspect the bombed Canal Hotel on Wednesday after a truck packed with explosives detonated Tuesday outside the building in Baghdad, Iraq.
A soldier drinks while guarding the site of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad on Thursday. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said U.N. staff would carry on their work in Iraq despite Tuesdays attack.
A soldier stays alert Thursday as another rests at the site of the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad. Soldiers are still clearing away the rubble and searching for bodies after the Tuesday bombing.
Troops with the 4th Infantry Division try to open a house gate during an operation in which several hundred soldiers searched the village of As Sadah for weapons caches.
A Marine who did not wish to be identified patrols in rebel territory close to Po River on Thursday as children tag along. Liberias government and rebels chose Monrovian businessman Gyude Bryant to lead the West African nation.
A Marine who did not wish to be identified scouts out the area close to Po River on Thursday while children look on.