Canadian Infantry from the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) take cover behind a mud wall after an improvised explosive device (IED) blast ahead of them while on a clearing operation in the Sperwan area of voltile Panjwaii District in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Canadian Forces have been conducting a bloody counterinsurgency campaign in this region since 2006 when the insurgency made it's return to the region.(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/The Alexia Foundation)