Somalia conflict intensifies - in pictures

A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia stands as a tank passes following an advance with the Somali National Army to capture Mogadishu University in insurgent territory Photograph: Reuters

A Ugandan soldier with troops from the Somali army Photograph: Reuters

An African Union soldier guards in an armoured vehicle in the capital, Mogadishu Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

Somalis are seen through a cracked windshield of an armored vehicle belonging to the AUM Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

A food distribution centre in Hodan, Mogadishu Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

A mother holds her baby and an empty container ready as they queue for food Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

A displaced Somali child peers from a makeshift shelter Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP

A boy gestures towards a soldier from the African Union peacekeeping force Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Displaced Somali children wait for food-aid rations at a distribution centre Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP

Nasteho Hassan Mohyadin, 3, beside a makeshift tent in a camp for those displaced Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

A Somali immigrant at the Lyster Barracks detention centre in Hal Far, outside Valletta, Malta Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

Somali immigrants make a telephone call at the detention centre in Hal Far Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

Somali immigrants wrap themselves in blankets in the common room Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters