female soldiers and fighter pilots in action among the ranks of armed forces around the world,

The photographs show female soldiers and fighter pilots in action among the ranks of armed forces around the world, including in Syria, Pakistan and North Korea. One image shows fighters from the Sawt al-Haq battalion (top right) of the Free Syrian army in Aleppo. Another shows female North Korean soldiers (bottom left) on patrol near the border with China. Pro-Russian rebels (bottom right) are also pictured in Donetsk, Ukraine, while another image shows US Army soldier Norma Gonzales (top left) waiting to be flown by helicopter to a base in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.