A Libyan rebel celebrates atop a smoldering tank belonging to Moammar Kadafi’s forces in Zuwaytina, a vilage east of Ajdabiya, where Kadafi loyalists temporarily halted their retreat. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A rebel fighter in the back of a passing pickup truck weeps over casualties. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A man kisses a frightened child as he sits on the gun of a damaged armored vehicle on the outskirts of Benghazi on Monday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Men scavenge for battlefield souvenirs along a stretch of highway on the outskirts of Benghazi. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Men try to console a youth weeping for the dead at a hospital in Benghazi. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A U.S. Navy F-16 fighter jet based at Sigonella airbase on the Italian island of Sicily takes off Monday to take part in operations in Libya. (Mario LaPorta / AFP)
Libyan rebels duck for cover behind a sand dune during a failed attempt Monday to take the town of Ajdabiya from Moammar Kadafi‘s forces. (Patrick Baz/ AFP)
Libyan rebels take cover near Ajdabiya on the second day of a Western military campaign against Kadafi. (Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images)
Children hold posters of Moammar Kadafi during a guided tour for journalists in Tripoli. (Mohamed Messara / EPA)
Libyan soldiers survey a damaged administrative building in Moammar Kadafi’s Tripoli compound. (Jerome Delay / Associated Press)
