Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Refugees wait to board buses near the Libyan border on Saturday. Thousands, many of them guest workers from Egypt and Tunisia, have crossed into Tunisia in the last few days.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times
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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Refugees crowd onto a bus in Tunisia as they flee the violence in Libya.
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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — A man tries to secure a seat on a bus headed into Tunisia by climbing in through a window, one of several who did so as they sought to flee the growing violence in Libya.
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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — People gathered on the Tunisian side of the border with Libya wave a pre-Kadafi flag from Libya as they protest his long rule over the country.
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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Wind-blown dust envelopes refugees at the Ras Ajdir border crossing into Tunisia from Libya on Saturday.
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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — A misplaced photograph rests in the dirt near the border crossing between Libya and Tunisia on Saturday afternoon. Most people crossing the border fled with no more than a suitcase of personal belongings.
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Ras Ajdir, Tunisia — Refugees wait with their bags amid the barren landscape near the Ras Ajdir border crossing into Tunisia from Libya. Buses are constantly streaming to the border to try to handle the growing flow of refugees.
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Benghazi, Libya — Guest workers seeking to flee Libya crowd toward the gangway of one of three ships evacuating foreigners at the port of Benghazi on Saturday.
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Benghazi, Libya — Guest workers line up waiting to be evacuated by ship from the port of Benghazi on Saturday.
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Benghazi, Libya — Guest workers wait to be evacuated by ship from the port of Benghazi on Saturday.
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Benghazi, Libya — A man carries his baggage aboard a ship as others wait to leave Libya on Saturday.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
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Benghazi, Libya — Chinese nationals who had been working in Libya look down from the railing a ship as it prepares to depart the port of Benghazi on Saturday.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
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Benghazi, Libya — A volunteer guards a helicopter at an air base in Benghazi.
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Benghazi, Libya — Libyan revolutionaries stacked and burned vehicles of the hated secret police at a base in Benghazi.
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Benghazi, Libya — A group of men pray at the graves of people who were killed in the recent violence surrounding the ouster of Moammar Kadafi's military and police forces from Benghazi.
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Benghazi, Libya — Libyan youths hold revolutionary flags against the breeze blowing ashore on the waterfront in Benghazi.
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Benghazi, Libya — Facing grim prospects for education and employment, Libya's youths have led the effort to end the 42-year reign of dictator Moammar Kadafi.
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Benghazi, Libya — Artwork that mocks Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi are posted on a booth along the Benghazi waterfront.
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Benghazi, Libya — A tapestry with the likeness of Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi serves as a door mat at an airbase in Benghazi. Despite the liberation of most of eastern Libya, Kadafi defiantly clung to power from his stronghold in the capital of Tripoli on Saturday.
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Benghazi, Libya — Libyan youths wave revolutionary flags as dusk settles Saturday afternoon.
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Benghazi, Libya — Residents mill around the burned and ransacked internal security building late Saturday afternoon.
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