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Nestor Apolon, the self-appointed commander of the civililan volunteers, says "thousands and thousands" are waiting to be trained. There are no weapons visible at the makeshift base in Carrefour. (Associated Press)
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The volunteers run through an obstacle course overseen by veterans of Haiti's former army. The training upsets Police Chief Mario Andresol, who says similar groups have misled poor people into thinking the training would help them land police or security jobs. (Associated Press)
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Civilian volunteers receive military instruction from veterans of Haiti's former army in Port-au-Prince. Haiti has been without an army since 1995, when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide disbanded the military after he was deposed in a coup and then restored to power with the help of U.N. forces. The two candidates who faced off in Sunday's presidential vote say they support restoring the armed forces in some form. (Associated Press)
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Protesters demand the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a demonstration Monday in the national capital, Sanaa. (Associated Press)
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A British RAF Tornado takes off from RAF Marham, England, Monday, March, 21, 2011. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution backed by the U.S., Britain and France, authorizing the use of "all necessary measures" to protect civilians under attack by government forces in Libya. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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REVOLUTION: Libyan rebels celebrate with a pot of beans left behind by Moammar Gadhafi's forces when they retreated on the outskirts of Benghazi in eastern Libya on Sunday. The U.S. military said 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from American and British ships and submarines at more than 20 coastal targets to clear the way for air patrols to ground Libya's air force. (Associated Press)
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Raisa Turluyeva stands amid the wreckage of her house in Goity, Chechnya, holding photos of her son, who disappeared in October 2009 after being seized by security forces. Her family's houses were burned down after a raid on suspected militants hours before her 19-year-old son was taken away. (Associated Press)
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Heavily armed officers ride in the 2010 Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany, in Grozny. Mr. Kadyrov relies on his feared security forces to stabilize the region after two separatist wars in the past 16 years. (Associated Press)
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Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, may be for the Libya war before he is against it. (Associated Press)
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Tracer bullets are fired in the skies over Tripoli, Libya, as heavy explosions rock the city early Sunday, March 20, 2011. The United States and European nations pounded Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces and air defenses with cruise missiles and airstrikes Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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Libyan rebels celebrate next to burning cars after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces where pushed back from Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Explosions shook the Libyan city of Benghazi early on Saturday while a fighter jet was heard flying overhead, and residents said the eastern rebel stronghold was under attack from Muammar Gaddafi's forces. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A warplane of Gadhafi's forces is seen being shot down over the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Explosions shook the Libyan city of Benghazi early on Saturday while a fighter jet was heard flying overhead, and residents said the eastern rebel stronghold was under attack from Muammar Gaddafi's forces. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A Libyan rebel grimaces on the frontline near Sultan, south of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, March 18, 2011. The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and authorize "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces, hours after the Libyan leader vowed to crush the rebellion with a final assault on the opposition capital of Benghazi. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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This image taken from video shows rebels on the back of a vehicle in the area of Benina, a civilian and military airport, outside Benghazi in eastern Libya on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Libyan rebels shot down at least two bomber planes that attacked the airport in their main stronghold of Benghazi Thursday, according to residents who witnessed the rare success in the struggle against Moammar Gadhafi's superior air power. (AP Photo/APTN)
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Libyans view what remains of a burning aircraft north of Benghazi on Thursday. Witnesses said the aircraft was piloted by anti-Gadhafi rebels and crashed for mechanical reasons. Gadhafi's warplanes went deeper into rebel-held territory to bombard Benghazi's airport Thursday, threatening an all-out offensive to bring down the rebellion. (Associated Press)
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Camden, N.J., Fire Chief Mike Harper celebrates with police officers and firefighters outside the Camden Police Administration building Thursday after Mayor Dana Redd announced the city will rehire 50 of the police officers and 15 firefighters laid off earlier this year amid a budget crisis in the city. (Associated Press)
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Before World War II forced their departure, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor lived in France where they were photographed early in 1939 in Cannes. The duke, who abdicated the British throne in 1936, died in 1972 and his wife in 1986. (Associated Press)
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Exiled Tibetans light candles to honor the monk who set himself on fire in protest against China's government. (Associated Press)
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Anti-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, the nation's capital, on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Witnesses said government supporters have attacked protesters camped out at a square in Sanaa. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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An Afghan woman walks past a shrine at a grave yard in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Insurgents killed more Afghan civilians last year than ever before, and their roadside bombs, suicide attacks and assassinations were responsible for the overwhelming majority of conflict-related deaths in 2010, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
