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Conflict in Libya, Week 13

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A rebel fighter gives water to a Moammar Gadhafi soldier who was wounded and then captured near the front line, 25 km west of Misrata on Monday, May 23.

— Rodrigo Abd / AP
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Rebel fighters rest at the front line between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi's forces, 25 km west of Misrata on May 23.

— Rodrigo Abd / AP
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A general view of Tripoli Street from the terrace of a building used by snipers loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during fighting with rebels in downtown Misrata, on May 22.

— Rodrigo Abd / AP
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A family observe the destruction in Tripoli Street in Misrata, the center of fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi's forces in the city, on May 22.

— Rodrigo Abd / AP
Image: A boy stands at the site where his father was killed during a fierce battle against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli street in central Misrata

A boy stands at the site where his father and others were killed during a fierce battle against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli street in central Misrata on May 22. The Arabic words read "Here martyrs fell".

— Zohra Bensemra / X90036
Image: A man walks along Tripoli street in central Misrata

A man walks along largely destroyed Tripoli street in central Misrata on May 22. The city sustained heavy damage in fierce fighting between rebels and Gadhafi's forces. Most shops are still closed and the streets are largely empty.

— Zohra Bensemra / X90036
Image: NATO RAIDS ON PORT OF TRIPOLI: REGIME SPOKESMAN

Smoke rises from a fire on a boat on May 19 in Tripoli after NATO air strikes targeted the port of the Libyan capital.

— Mahmud Turkia / AFP
Image: Libyans attend a rally to support rebel fighters and Libyan National Council near the courthouse in Benghazi

Libyans attend a rally to support rebel fighters and Libyan National Council (CNT), near the courthouse in Benghazi on May 19.

— Zohra Bensemra / X90036
Image: Libyans watch a television broadcast of a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama in U.S., at a shop in Benghazi

Libyans watch a television broadcast of a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama at a shop in Benghazi on May 19. Obama on Thursday invoked the killing of Osama bin Laden as a chance to recast relations with the Arab world and said the top U.S. priority was to promote democratic change across the region. He hailed popular unrest sweeping the Middle East as a "historic opportunity" and said the U.S. future was bound to that of the region now caught up in unprecedented upheaval.

— Mohammed Salem / X01571
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A cotton candy stall is seen late at night downtown in Benghazi on May 18.

— Rodrigo Abd / AP
Image: Clare Morgana Gillis, Manu Brabo, Moussa Ibrahim

Freed American freelance journalist Clare Morgana Gillis, (center left) and Spanish photographer Manu Brabo, (far left) talk with Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim upon their arrival to a hotel, where most of international media stays in Tripoli on May 18. Four journalists held for allegedly illegally entering the country were freed by Libyan authorities.

— Darko Bandic / AP
Image: Rebel fighters take up a position in the western entrance of Ajdabiyah

Rebel fighters take up a position in the western entrance of Ajdabiyah on May 18.

— Mohammed Salem / X01571
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A worker helps collect office hardware following the NATO bombardment of a security services building and the headquarters of Libya's anti-corruption agency in Tripoli early on May 17. Parts of the capital city have been targeted almost daily by NATO-led strikes launched on March 19 after a UN resolution called for the protection of civilians from Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

— Mahmud Turkia / AFP
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A view of the destruction following the NATO bombardment of a security services building and the headquarters of Libya's anti-corruption agency in Tripoli early on May 17.

— Mahmud Turkia / AFP
Image: Libyan soldier looks up at damage caused to building housing anti-corruption department, which Libyan government said was caused by coalition air strikes, in Tripoli

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR

A Libyan soldier looks up at damage caused to the building housing the anti-corruption department, which the Libyan government said was caused by coalition air strikes, in Tripoli during the early hours of May 17.

— Louafi Larbi / X01874
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