TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines from around the world, and the home front.
Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces, Aug. 7-13
Marc Hofer / Sipa USA
Two fighters of the Congolese M23 rebel movement stand in an abandoned church of the biggest military base in the region, formally occupied by government forces on Aug. 9, 2012. The Congolese soldiers retreated from the the approaching rebel army two weeks earlier, leaving behind some equipment and an important strategic location.
