Pictures of the Week: June 3rd, 2006 – June 9th, 2006

Order in the Court
Gunmen from the Islamic Courts Union stand guard by their leaders in the town of Balad, north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. An increasingly powerful Islamic militia took control of much of the country this week as the remnants of a U.S.-backed alliance of warlords tried to regroup.