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Honduras Public Order Military Police (PMOP) display weapons seized at the "Francisco Morazan" national penitentiary in Tamara. The government announced that the military police will take control of Honduras' 21 prisons for one year, starting July 1, and will train 2,000 new prison guards in the wake of clashes between rival gangs that left at least 46 women dead in a prison near the capital Tegucigalpa. IMAGES
Dozens of military and police inspect vehicles on an avenue leading to the center of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, after the government and drug mafias declared war on each other. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels who use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Police officers are seen outside Schemengees Bar & Grille, one of the locations where a gunman carried out a mass shooting that resulted in 18 deaths in Lewiston, Maine. Police has waged a major manhunt for the gunman. The rampage also left 13 people wounded, three of them in critical condition, with a wide area under lockdown as schools were closed, roadblocks erected and residents ordered to stay indoors. IMAGES
Israeli military vehicle near a police station in Sderot that was briefly seized by Hamas militants during their attack. IMAGES
South Korea on Tuesday stages its first military parade in a decade, showcasing its advanced arsenal in the face of plummeting ties with nuclear-armed North Korea. IMAGES