The Arab Revolution of 2011
A Libyan rebel fighter shouts from his anti-aircraft machine gun position as he sees a fighter jet flying over at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Ras Lanuf.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)
Riding on vehicles thousands of people gather in Tripoli's Green Square to celebrate victories over rebel forces claimed by Kadhafi's regime.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)
A wounded fighter is brought into a the Ras Lanuf Hospital from the battle in Ben Jawad. US talk of a no-fly zone cooled last week after a top commander said air strikes would first have to take out ground defences, but President Barack Obama said all options remain on the table.(AFP/Marco Longari)
A young Libyan girl flashes the "V sign" with her two fingers painted with the old national flag's colours, during a demonstration against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi outside the court house of Benghazi.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)
Map locating latest clashes between pro-regime forces and rebel fighters in Libya. Residents of Misrata, strategically located between the capital Tripoli and Sirte, said earlier that government tanks were shelling the town and warned of "carnage" if the international community did not intervene.(AFP/Graphic)
A Libyan rebel fighter holds a rocket propelled grenade launcher after spotting a fighter jet flying overhead near a checkpoint at the entrance to the oil rich town of Ras Lanuf. Rebels pulled back from the coastal hamlet of Bin Jawad, occupied on Saturday, after clashes left two dead and around 50 wounded.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt
After taking two key towns in eastern Libya, rebel forces were driven back from the town of Bin Jawad after regime loyalists stormed the town late on Saturday. Dozens of opposition fighters were killed and many more injured as they were forced to retreat in their quest to push on to the capital, Tripoli. Duration: 01:30(AFPTV)
Rebel fighters jump away from shrapnel during heavy shelling by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Bin Jawad, March 6, 2011. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic
Libyan women perform the Friday prayer in the pouring rain in Benghazi on March 4. In T-shirts and jeans or long black robes and veils, tens of thousands of women have made their voices heard in the streets, from Tunis to Cairo, from Manama to Sanaa, to demand reform in a region long ruled by autocracies.(AFP/Marco Longari)
A Libyan anti-government protester has her face painted in the colours of Libya's old national flag in Benghazi. As popular revolts continue to rock autocratic regimes across the Arab world, women are defying both taboo and stereotype and emerging as a driving force that is keeping the momentum of the protests going.(AFP/Patrick Baz)
US warships head towards Libya March 1, as US and European allies sought to pile pressure on embattled leader Moamer Khadafi. US defense planners are preparing a range of land, sea and air military options in Libya in case Washington and its allies decide to intervene there, The New York Times reported.(AFP/US Navy/Ho/Scott Pittman)
Picture taken near the oil town of Ras Lanuf of the wreckage of a loyalist jet shot down the day before by Libyan rebels, killing the two pilots. The United States came under mounting pressure Sunday to help arm rebels facing Moamer Kadhafi's emboldened and regrouping military, amid charges Washington missed recent chances to oust Libya's strongman.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)
A Libyan rebel fighter detains a captured alleged mercenary in a car as he waits to be transported from Ajdabiya to Benghazi. The United States came under mounting pressure Sunday to help arm rebels facing Moamer Kadhafi's emboldened and regrouping military, amid charges Washington missed recent chances to oust Libya's strongman.(AFP/Trevor Snapp)
Rebels remained in control of the town of Ras Lanuf in the east of Libya on Sunday two days after driving forces loyal to Moamer Kadahfi from the area. Duration: 00:39(AFPTV
A man walks near the body of a Libyan Air Force pilot, foreground, and the remains of an aircraft that witnesses say crashed Saturday near the recently captured oil town of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 6, 2011. The cause of Saturday's crash couldn't immediately be determined. Pro-Gadhafi forces have launched a number of air strikes against rebel targets as they seek to put down the 19-day-old rebellion. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
People, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, carry their belongings as they arrive in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011. The camp, which houses about 5,000 people, was built after shelters at the border couldn't handle the large numbers coming through. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
U.S. military personnel check Egyptian evacuees from Libya on board a US Air Force cargo plane at Djerba's airport, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011 (AP Photo/Giorgos Moutafis)
Two stranded foreign workers, who fled Libya after the uprising against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, rest by their baggage while waiting for Egyptianentry permission at the Egyptian terminal of the Egyptian Libyan border crossing of Salloum, Egypt Sunday, March 6, 2011. The U.S. and its allies should plan for a no-fly zone over Libya and consider bombing the country's airports and runways, but they should take no action unless there is an international agreement, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
An Egyptian man, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, waits before boarding a flight home, at Djerba's airport, Tunisia, Sunday,March 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Giorgos Moutafis)
Egyptian men, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait before boarding a flight home, at Djerba's airport, Tunisia, Sunday,March 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Giorgos Moutafis)
Libyan doctors tend to an injured man that was wounded during clashes with pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces in Ras Lanouf, in a hospital in the eastern cityof Ajdabiya, Libya, Sunday, March 6, 2011. Libyan helicopter gunships fired on a rebel force advancing west toward the capital along the Mediterranean coastline Sunday and forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi fought intense ground battles with the rival fighters. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
A stranded foreign worker, who fled Libya after the uprising against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, brave the cold weather by his baggage while waitingfor Egyptian entry permission at the Egyptian terminal of the Egyptian Libyan border crossing of Salloum, Egypt Sunday, March 6, 2011. The U.S. and its allies should plan for a no-fly zone over Libya and consider bombing the country's airports and runways, but they should take no action unless there is an international agreement, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Smoke rises from heavy shelling as Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi retreat during a with battle Gadhafi'stroops , outside the town of Bin Jawwad, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 6, 2011. Libyan helicopter gunships fired on a rebel force advancing west toward the capital along the Mediterranean coastline Sunday and forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi fought intense ground battles with the rival fighters. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Bangladeshi evacuees line up for food distribution at an UNHCR refugee camp after fleeing violence in Libya near the border crossing of Ras Jdir March6, 2011. Reuters/Yannis Behrakis
