War_Conflict

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Palestinian farmer and amateur filmmaker Emad Burnat’s footage of family life along the contentious construction of the West Bank separation barrier resulted in “5 Broken Cameras,” one of two Israeli documentaries that are on a shortlist for Academy Award nominations. (Associated Press)

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Palestinians participate in a rally celebrating the 48th anniversary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Syrian rebels gather around a fire as they plan patrols in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)

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A churchgoer raises her hands as she prays for peace in the New Year's Day morning mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bangui, Central African Republic on Jan. 1, 2013. President Francois Bozize's government is coming under growing threat as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to hold their advance and try to form a coalition government. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, Syria. Activists say Syrian rebels have captured an oil pumping station in the north central province of Raqqa about 160 km east of Aleppo after days of fighting. (AP Photo/Abdullah Al-Yasin)

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A student joins a protest in Ankara last month against the Turkish government and NATO’s deployment of Patriot missiles near the border with Syria. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is portrayed in a cardboard cutout as Adolf Hitler. (Associated Press)

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Police said 26,000 people joined the march at its peak Tuesday while organizers said 130,000 took part, with some demonstrators sporting Guy Fawkes masks. The protests came half a year after Mr. Leung, who was chosen by a 1,193-member committee, took office. (Associated Press)

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Operation Welcome Home Maryland volunteers, including 13-year-old Francis [cq] Morena, Miss Junior Teen Delmarva, from Rockville, Md., right, clap as troops come home at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The welcome operation has greeted more than 800 flights and more than 180,000 soldiers home since its inception in March 2007. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Operation Welcome Home Maryland volunteers, including Dave Maisel of Catonsville, Md, clap as troops come home at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The welcome operation has greeted more than 800 flights and more than 180,000 soldiers home since its inception in March 2007. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Operation Welcome Home Maryland team leader Anne Church, left, leads volunteers and friends and family in the Pledge of Allegiance before the arrival of a Delta charter flight bringing troops home at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md., on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Friends and family members, including Caroline Brenninkmeyer [cq], left, 12, of Falls Church, Va., waiting for her dad, await the arrival of the Delta charter flight bringing home members of the military at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The flags and signs were put in place by Operation Welcome Home Maryland, which greets every incoming flight and wants to make troops' first encounter back on U.S. soil after deployment as positive as possible. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Volunteers with Operation Welcome Home Maryland work to put together goodie bags for incoming troops at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The organization, which was started in 2007, tries to make troops' first encounter on U.S. soil after deployment as positive as possible. They give each one a goodie bag filled with water and all kinds of snacks. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)