Ambulances are parked outside the Mogadishu National Theatre on Wednesday after a suicide attack in the Somali capital. A young woman strapped with explosives blew herself up on at a ceremony in the Somali national theater attended by the prime minister and other officials. Abdurashid Abdulle/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A wounded man stands at the scene of the explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, earlier today.
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Children from southern Somalia fill jugs with water at a refugee camp in Mogadishu Tuesday. The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
In Dadaab, Kenya, newly arrived Somali refugees lined up for tents Thursday (July 21, 2011). Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption
Sarura Ali (right) covered her eyes from wind-blown dust as she stood with her six children outside a food distribution point in the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya on Tuesday (July 5, 2011). Sarura, her husband and their children trekked for eight days from their home in Sakow, Somalia. War and drought are forcing many Somalis to take desperate measures. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A pirate stands on sandy dunes just outside the central Somali coastal town of Hobyo as he watches the outline of a hijacked ship anchored off the coast on August 20, 2010. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Eastleigh is known as “Little Mogadishu.” It’s a Somali neighborhood of mud roads, open sewers and intrigue. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption
European soldiers are training 2,000 Somalis to help build a national army to defend a weak, Western-backed government in Mogadishu. Frank Langfitt hide caption
The view of the beach from an abandoned hotel in Mogadishu. Frank Langfitt hide caption