Battle for Tripoli, ongoing conflict in Libya
The overrunning of Moammar Kadafi‘s Bab Azizia compound prompts a celebration in the tense city of Tripoli. (Francois Mori / Associated Press)
Rebel fighters roam Moammar Kadafi‘s looted Bab Azizia compound in Tripoli. (Sergey Ponomarev / Associated Press)
A rebel fighter climbs on top of a statue inside
Rebel fighters gesture atop a monument inside the main
Rebel fighters shoot into the air to celebrate overrunning
In Tripoli, a man places ripped-down flag of the Kadafi government in the road for cars to drive over. (Francois Mori / Associated Press)
Libyans hold a large pre-1969 national flag, the banner adopted by rebel forces, as they celebrate in the newly renamed Martyrs’ Square, formerly known as Green Square, after rebel forces overran Libyan leader
A girl flashes the victory sign as she rides through the Libyan capital. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP / Getty Images)
Rebel fighters trample a head of
A rebel shoots in the air at a checkpoint in Tripoli. (Francois Mori / Associated Press)
Journalists sit it out in a hallway as gun battles continue around the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli. Dozens of journalists were trapped inside as forces loyal to
Rebel fighters advance to a front line during fighting in
An explosion is seen near
A rebel fighter holds the identification card of a pro-Kadafi soldier. (Sergey Ponomarev / Associated Press)
Rebel fighters observe fighting near
A rebel fighter in downtown Tripoli early Tuesday. (Sergey Ponomarev / Associated Press)
Late Monday, boys walk along a dark street in
Libyan rebel fighters embrace at the former female military base in
Journalists work in a hallway of the Rixos hotel in Tripoli. The Rixos hotel houses top government officials, foreign journalists and state television facilities but is still under the control of forces loyal to
Residents greet advancing rebel fighters on the outskirts of
Libyan rebel fighters from the
People in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi celebrate the capture in Tripoli of
In Benghazi, Libyans gather to rejoice over news of the capture of
Thousands of Libyans in Tripoli celebrate news of the arrest of
A Libyan man takes part in the celebration in Tripoli. (Gianluigi Guercia / AFP / Getty Images)
The jubilant crowd in Tripoli holds a youth aloft. (Gianluigi Guercia / AFP / Getty Images)
Tanks damaged by coalition airstrikes are seen through a hole in a wall of the General Company for Pharmaceutical Industry building in
A rebel holds a flier dropped by
Libyan rebel fighters pile into their pickup truck after capturing the village of Ryayna along the Nafusa mountain front line following fighting between the rebels and soldiers loyal to leader Moammar Kadafi. (Colin Summers / AFP / Getty Images)
About 100 demonstrators shout slogans against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s regime and in support of the
Demonstrators at the Benghazi protest shout slogans against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s regime and President Bashar Assad of Syria. (Gianluigi Guercia / AFP / Getty Images)
Libyan boys sit on a destroyed tank in