Picture of the Day (a)

Soldiers loyal to Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba take cover during a gun battle near his office in the capital Kinshasa November 11, 2006. Heavy gunfire and blasts rang out in Congo's capital in new clashes between the forces of contenders in historic elections meant to end a decade of war, and the government has threatened to send in the army. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (BBC Story.)