World At A Glance - PHOTOS: A World In Conflict

[HuffingtonPost]

One month into 2013, conflicts around the world raged on without relief.

Rebel fighters battled the Assad regime in Syria; Taliban fought international forces in Afghanistan; France launched a military intervention in Mali; Radical Islamists held hundreds of foreigners hostage 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