One month into 2013, conflicts around the world raged on without relief.
Rebel fighters battled the Assad regime in Syria (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/syria/); Taliban fought international forces in Afghanistan (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/afghanistan/); France launched a military intervention in Mali (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/mali-intervention-islamist-held-towns-_n_2494961.html); Radical Islamists held hundreds of foreigners hostage (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/20/algeria-hostage-death-toll_n_2517087.html) in a gas facility in the Algerian desert.
HuffPost photo editor Damon Scheleur selected the best images out conflict zones since the start of 2013. Take a look at the mind-blowing pictures in the slideshow below.
Via: HuffingtonPost