Ajdabiya, Libya — A protester rides around a central traffic circle armed with a launcher and a rocket-propelled grenade.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — A volunteer armed with an RPG stands guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the town in eastern Libya, where fears persisted that forces loyal to dictator Moammar Kadafi would mount a counterattack to reclaim the territory.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — Volunteers man a checkpoint on the outskirts of town.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — A protester points a gun at a defaced portrait of dictator Moammar Kadafi at a traffic circle where local residents staged a large rally after Friday prayers.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — Youths climb on a billboard during an anti-government protest.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — A protester fires celebratory gunshots from an AK-47 into the air after Friday prayers.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — Anti-Kadafi protesters take to the streets.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — A protester fires celebratory gunshots.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — A youth with a flag is framed by the concertina wire surrounding an abandoned Libyan military camp in town.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — Volunteers man a checkpoint on the outskirts.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — Residents wave their arms, flags and weapons in the air during a rally.

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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Night falls on the Tunisian border with Libya where thousands of refugees are stranded as they wait for assistance from the Tunisian government. Many of the refugees are Egyptian nationals who were working in Libya.

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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Refugees from Libya build a fire on the Tunisian border as cold temperatures set in after nightfall.

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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Thousands of refugees from Libya mass on the the Tunisian border as violence in Libya was increasing.

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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Tunisian soldiers try to control an increasing refugee population at the border as thousands more people crossed the border into Tunisia from Libya.

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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Refugees who had just crossed the border into Tunisia watch the news on television about Libya, where opposition protesters are trying to oust longtime leader Moammar Kadafi.

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