U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Milton Sands III, Special Operations Command Africa commander, interacts with Cabo Verdean military personnel during the annual counter-terrorism program called "Operation Flintlock", in Sogakope, Ghana March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a firing range during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Ghanaian military personnel train at a base during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Ghanaian military personnel train at a base during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Mauritanian military personnel train at a base during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Ghanaian military personnel train at a base during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Ghanaian military personnel train at a base during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Ghanaian military personnel train at a base during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Military vehicles are parked at a base as selected African forces prepare to receive training at the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Ghanaian military personnel train at a base during the annual counter-terrorism program Flintlock, in Daboya, Ghana March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko 

Members of the Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, board a Hellenic Air Force C-130, before departing from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Members of the Disaster Response Special Unit with their dogs wait to board the Hellenic Air Force C-130, in order to fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, before departing from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Members of the Disaster Response Special Unit with their dogs who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, board a Hellenic Air Force C-130, before departing from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

A Hellenic Air Force C-130, carrying members of a Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, departs from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

A Hellenic Air Force C-130, carrying members of a Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, departs from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

A Hellenic Air Force C-130, carrying members of a Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, prepares to depart from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Members of the Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, board a Hellenic Air Force C-130, before departing from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Members of the Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, board a Hellenic Air Force C-130, before departing from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

A Hellenic Air Force C-130, carrying members of a Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, departs from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

A Hellenic Air Force C-130, carrying members of a Disaster Response Special Unit who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, departs from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Members of the Disaster Response Special Unit, who will fly to Turkey to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, board a Hellenic Air Force C-130, before departing from the military airport of Elefsina, Greece, February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Volodymyr Kovalyov, 77, who remained in his village throughout the conflict and was in his house in October when it was hit by what he thinks was a tank shell, lays in a bed in the last room of his house that still has a roof over it, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 28, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A sign warning of dangerous landmines stands in front of the damaged house of Volodymyr Kovalyov, 77, his wife Tetiana, 76, and their granddaughter Svetlana, 21, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 28, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Religious iconography is displayed in a destroyed house, once lived in by an Orthodox priest but abandoned during the months of Russian occupation, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, nearby the cemetery in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 28, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Mouldy bread, mattresses and clothes litter a warehouse where Russian forces were based during their recent occupation, near the Kovalyov brothers' houses, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 28, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Volodymyr Kovalyov, 77, who remained in his village throughout the conflict and was in his house in October when it was hit by what he thinks was a tank shell, fixes his dog's kennel in front of his damaged house, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 26, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Volodymyr Kovalyov, 77, who remained in his village throughout the conflict and was in his house in October when it was hit by what he thinks was a tank shell, waits for bread at a food delivery point, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 26, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Volodymyr Kovalyov, 77, who remained in his village throughout the conflict and was in his house in October when it was hit by what he thinks was a tank shell, carries a bottle of horilka, a Ukrainian spirit, on his bicycle, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 26, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Volodymyr Kovalyov, 77, who remained in his village throughout the conflict and was in his house in October when it was hit by what he thinks was a tank shell, walks with his bicycle to a food delivery point, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, northwest of the city of Kherson, Ukraine January 26, 2023. Russian troops reached Posad-Pokrovske on Feb. 25 last year, the day after Russia launched the full-scale invasion it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. It was as far as they were able to push north, and the area around the small settlement became a no-go zone between enemy forces. The ground is now littered with ammunition boxes, bullet casings and burned out Russian tanks. Mines lay scattered, two unexploded missiles protrude from the earth nearby, deep, narrow trenches snake through fields and house after house lays in ruins. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "DOCE UKRAINE VILLAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Metropolitan Epiphanius I, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine leads a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at St Michael’s Cathedral inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian servicemen attend a special service for Ukrainian Armed Forces at Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) inaugurating Orthodox Christmas celebrations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Members of the Greek Special Forces march during a military parade marking an anniversary of the "Ochi" (No) Day in Thessaloniki, Greece, October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis 

Aisha, a Nigerian woman who described to Reuters her capture by Islamist militants, a forced abortion by the military, the loss of one child in a military bombing and what she suspects was the poisoning of another child by soldiers, poses for a portrait in an undisclosed location in Nigeria, October 9, 2022. Nigerian military leaders told Reuters the abortion programme did not exist and said children were never targeted for killing in the war. To match Special Report NIGERIA-MILITARY/MOTHER-PROFILE REUTERS/Christophe Van der Perre ATTENTION EDITORS, THIS PICTURE WAS DIGITALLY MASKED BY REUTERS TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THE WOMAN. 

Aisha, a Nigerian woman who described to Reuters her capture by Islamist militants, a forced abortion by the military, the loss of one child in a military bombing and what she suspects was the poisoning of another child by soldiers, poses for a portrait in an undisclosed location in Nigeria, October 9, 2022. Nigerian military leaders told Reuters the abortion programme did not exist and said children were never targeted for killing in the war. To match Special Report NIGERIA-MILITARY/MOTHER-PROFILE REUTERS/Christophe Van der Perre ATTENTION EDITORS, THIS PICTURE WAS DIGITALLY MASKED BY REUTERS TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THE WOMAN. 

Aisha, a Nigerian woman who described to Reuters her capture by Islamist militants, a forced abortion by the military, the loss of one child in a military bombing and what she suspects was the poisoning of another child by soldiers, poses for a portrait in an undisclosed location in Nigeria, October 9, 2022. Nigerian military leaders told Reuters the abortion programme did not exist and said children were never targeted for killing in the war. To match Special Report NIGERIA-MILITARY/MOTHER-PROFILE REUTERS/Christophe Van der Perre ATTENTION EDITORS, THIS PICTURE WAS DIGITALLY MASKED BY REUTERS TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THE WOMAN. 

Tetiana Tovstokora, 57, demonstrates the tightness of the sack used at times to cover her head during her detention by Russian forces at the police station, in Balakliia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 7, 2022. Tovstokora is pictured standing outside the cell in which she was held. To match Special Report UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA-BASE REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

Propaganda posters displayed on a wall inside an abandoned building that was used by Russian forces as their headquarters in Balakliia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 7, 2022. To match Special Report UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA-BASE REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

Propaganda posters that read "Russian soldiers protecting the whole Russian world" and "We bring peace" displayed on a wall inside a building used by Russian forces as their headquarters in Balakliia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 7, 2022. To match Special Report UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA-BASE REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

The coffin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is seen here entering St George VI Chapel at Windsor Castle, September 19, 2022. The UK Armed Forces have played a part in the procession for Her Majesty The Queen’s funeral and committal service today, in London and Windsor.   Marking the end to 10 days of proceedings, service personnel representing a variety of regiments, ships and air stations that held a special relationship with Her Majesty The Queen took part in the funeral processions in London and Windsor. Around 4,000 regular and reserve soldiers, sailors, marines and aviators, as well as musicians from Armed Forces bands, took part in the proceedings today.   This included over 3,000 military personnel in central London, with 1,650 personnel forming part of the procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey and procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch.   In Windsor, over 1,000 military personnel were involved in ceremonial activity, including 410 taking part in the procession from Albert Road, Windsor, to St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.   The proceedings in London saw the Bearer Party, formed of personnel from The Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards, transfer Her Majesty The Queen’s Coffin from Westminster Hall to the State Gun Carriage, which was pulled by 142 Naval Ratings to Westminster Abbey. PO Phot Dave Jenkins/Pool via REUTERS