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"The death of Osama bin Laden will not ruin our spirit for jihad. We do it not for a figure. We do it for God's blessing," said Muhammad Syarif Tarabubun, a former police officer who was sentenced in the attack on a karaoke club in Ambon.
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Members of Rage Mohamed's family are overtaken by a dust storm as they try to build a makeshift shelter on the outskirts of the world's largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, this month. It took the 15-member family five days to walk to the camp from their drought-stricken home in Somalia. (Associated Press)
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Somali women displaced by drought wait to receive rations at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, on July 20. Southern parts of Somalia are experiencing famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. (Associated Press)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray said Wednesday that the city's zoning commission approved an emergency proposal for the city's sole federal firearms licensee. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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A bloodied "De Gaulle," a bodyguard close to Guinea's last two military leaders, is detained by presidential guards after shooting broke out near the president's home for a second time Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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In this photo provided by the Politika newspaper shows war crimes fugitive Goran Hadzic on Mount Fruska Gora, Serbia, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Politika newspaper, HO)
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Ashraf Ghani, head of the Transition Commission raises Afghanistan's flag during the transfer of authority in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. NATO handed over responsibility for the security of the capital of an eastern province to Afghan forces Tuesday, the latest step in a transition process that will lead to the withdrawal of all foreign combat troops by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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A young Afghan girl peers out from her compound as U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., look for insurgents in the village of Mushazi, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Dorothy Stevens (left) and Helen Hassell of the group Freed - Female Re-enactors of Distinction — chat at the reception celebrating the reopening of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington on Monday, July 18, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Women with the group Freed — Female Re-enactors of Distinction — led by Dorothy Stevens (right) and Judy Williams (second from right), get into formation to march across Vermont Avenue Northwest during the reopening celebration for the African American Civil War Museum in Washington on Monday, July 18, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Ashaun Askew, 11, of Hyattsville, Md., stands in formation as a group of volunteers dressed in Civil War uniforms prepare to march across Vermont Avenue Northwest to the opening reception for the African American Civil War Museum in Washington on Monday, July 18, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Don Francisco (left) and Staff Sgt. Kara Loyal of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps march across Vermont Avenue Northwest as they lead a group of volunteers dressed in Civil War-era clothing and guests to the opening reception of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington on Monday, July 18, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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James Thomas of Accokeek, Md., chats with fellow volunteers dressed in Civil War uniforms as they prepare to march across Vermont Avenue Northwest to the ceremonial reopening of the African American Civil War Museum on Monday, July 18, 2011, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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The new location of the African American Civil War Museum at 1925 Vermont Ave. NW in Washington provides about 5,000 square feet after a $5 million renovation. The original location on U Street Northwest had about 700 square feet. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (right) talks with Frank Smith, founder and director of the African American Civil War Museum, at the reopening ceremony at museum's new location at 1925 Vermont Ave. NW in Washington on Monday, July 18, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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D.C. Council member Marion Barry, Ward 8 Democrat, smiles as he is introduced at the reopening ceremony at the African American Civil War Museum's new location on Vermont Ave Northwest on Monday, July 18, 2011. At front right is Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Frank Smith, founder and executive director of the African American Civil War Museum, along with Yvette Alexander (right), cuts the ribbon to the entrance of the museum's new location on Vermont Ave Northwest in Washington on Monday, July 18, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Assistant Commissioner John Yates, Scotland Yard's top anti-terrorist officer, announces his resignation in London on Monday. Mr. Yates insisted he had done nothing wrong. "I have acted with complete integrity," he said. "My conscience is clear." But the government quickly announced an inquiry into police-media relations and corruption. (Associated Press)
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Members of FREED, Female Re-enactors of Distinction, led by Dorothy Stevens (top, far right) and Judy Williams (second from right) get ready to move across Vermont Avenue in Northwest for the reception at the reopening of the African American Civil War Museum on Monday. Soldier re-enactors were part of the program. The District government provided $5 million to help the museum move into the former Grimke School to allow it to expand. Frank Smith, director and founder of the museum, cuts the ribbon to the entrance (above). (Photographs by Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Gen. David H. Petraeus leaves command of U.S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan to Gen. John Allen during Monday's change-of-command ceremony in Kabul. Gen. Allen assumes responsibility for drawing up exit plans for U.S. and allied forces from the nearly 10-year war zone. (Associated Press)
