Pictures of the Day: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009

Fighters of a local self-defense force go through practice exercises in Bangadi, northeastern Congo. Villages from attack by Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army.
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Training Day

Fighters of a local self-defense force go through practice exercises in Bangadi, northeastern Congo. Villages have formed local self-defense forces to protect themselves from attack by Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army.