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A member of a pro-government militia, left, stands guard on a rooftop as demonstrators approach.

A policeman stands guard as thousands throng a market on the last Sunday ahead of Diwali, in Ahmadabad, India on October 11th, 2009.

Here, a young child stands guard for opposition forces in Benghazi, the capital of the uprising, on March 14.

A goblin stands guard here, dressed in a uniform of scarlet and gold.

The yacht club retains its "royal" monicker and the noonday gun still stands guard nearby.

A soldier stands guard outside May Day stadium during the Arirang festival in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday, Oct.

A Chilean mounted policeman stands guard at the entrance of the San Esteban gold and copper mine on August 17 2010.

Alone lighthouse stands guard on the Patagonia coast.

In February of 1943, a Soviet soldier stands guard behind a captured German soldier.

A police officer stands guard during a drug destruction in Panama City, Friday, Oct.

12A customs officer stands guard over seized rhino horns in Hong Kong.

Here an Iranian soldier stands guard in the Mirjaveh point, where the borders of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan meet. (AFP)

Baghdad, Iraq: US Staff Sergeant Deryk Simmons stands guard during a patrol with Iraqi police on the outskirts of Mosul