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Conflict in Libya, week 22

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Rebel fighters run for cover at the front line near the southwest desert hamlet of Qawalish on Sunday, July 24 as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi start attacking them.

— Colin Summers / AFP
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Rebel fighters launch a rocket at the front line near Qawalish on July 24.

— Colin Summers / AFP
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A rebel fighter carries a rocket at the front line near Qawalish on July 24.

— Colin Summers / AFP
Image: A giant image of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi  is unveiled at the Green Square in central Tripoli

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR

A giant image of Moammar Gadhafi is unveiled at Green Square in central Tripoli on July 22.

— Ismail Zitouni / X02857
Image: Rebel fighter digs a hole to be used as a makeshift bunker on the outskirts of Zlitan near Misrata

A rebel fighter digs a hole to be used as a makeshift bunker on the outskirts of Zlitan, near Misrata's western front line, on July 21.

— Thaier Al-sudani / X90151
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EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR

Journalists and government employees inspect a building that Libyan officials say was damaged in an airstrike, in the town of Zlitan, roughly 100 miles east of Tripoli, on July 21.

— Tara Todras-whitehill / AP
Image: Civilians who have volunteered to join the rebel army take part in training in Geminis

Civilians who have volunteered to join the rebel army take part in training exercises in Geminis on July 21.

— Esam Omran Al-fetori / X02867
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Women sit in the surf at a beach in Tripoli on July 20.

— Tara Todras-whitehill / AP
Image: IMC medics treat an injured member of forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was taken prisoner, at a field hospital near Misrata

International Medical Corps (IMC) medics treat an injured member of forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi who was taken prisoner, at a field hospital near Misrata's western front line on July 20. A Reuters team reported heavy fighting on the city's western front. Rebel sources said they had taken two truck-mounted Grad missile positions from pro-Gadhafi forces and captured three wounded government soldiers. One Gadhafi soldier had died, hospital officials said.

— Thaier Al-sudani / X90151
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Relatives and fellow fighters mourn as they carry the coffin of one of seven Libyan rebel fighters killed the day before during the battle for the control of the oil-rich town of Brega at the main cemetery in Benghazi on July 20.

— Gianluigi Guercia / AFP
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