

A Somali man in Mogadishu's main port carries cement, just offloaded from a ship, into a waiting truck.

Two fishermen prepare their boat for a night of fishing at a port in Bosaso, Puntland.

A lifeguard sits watch on Mogadishu's Lido beach.

A band plays at Konis stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia, to celebrate the country's Independence Day on July 1.

A woman stands above her crops on a platform, keeping a lookout for birds, near the town of Jowhar, Somalia.

Somali National Army soldiers sit waiting at a base in Janaale, Somalia, on the evening before an offensive on the nearby town of Qoryooley.

Daynab Jama, a midwife, delivers a baby in the maternity ward of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.

A man walks towards a well with his donkey cart to collect water in Garbahaarey town in the Gedo region of Somalia.

Female IDPs line up at a food distribution center in Afgoye, Somalia.

A malnourished child looks up at a scale as he's weighed and treated for malnourishment at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.

A woman sits in an IDP camp on the outskirts of Belet Weyne.

A Ugandan soldier, part of the African Union Mission in Somalia, guards a quiet street in Mogadishu while on night patrol in the city.

Election officials count delegates' votes during Somalia's process to pick members of parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia.

A Somali girl walks down a road at sunset in an IDP camp near the town of Jowhar.

A private security convoy, necessary for NGOs and other foreign visitors, makes its way through the city streets in Mogadishu, Somalia.