Sultan, Libya — Rebel fighters push-start a pickup truck mounted with a recoil-less rifle. Heavy fighting in the city, east of Benghazi, was reported throughout the day.

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Benghazi, Libya — A group of men carry a slain rebel fighter's s coffin along the corniche.

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Benghazi, Libya — A toddler with a pacifier and military costume joins a demonstration at the courthouse shortly after the city's airport was bombed by Kadafi's forces.

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Benghazi, Libya — Demonstrators carry a large pre-Kadafi national flag to the courthouse as government forces launched airstrikes on the city.

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Sultan, Libya — Rebel fighters prepare to defend Ajdabiya.

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Sultan, Libya — A rebel helicopter gunship flies towards Ajdabiya, which rebels ultimately lost.

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Sultan, Libya — A family flees the fighting in Ajdabiya.

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Benghazi, Libya — A woman adds her voice to chants of "Free Libya!" during a rally at the rebel-held city's courthouse.

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Benghazi, Libya — Caricatures of Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi adorn the walls of the revolutionary media center.

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Bin Jawwad, Libya — The number of pictures on the so-called Wall of Martyrs has grown steadily.

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Benghazi, Libya — BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MAR. 9, 2011. A likeness of Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi and the green flag of his regime burn outside the Benghazi courthouse on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011.

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Benghazi, Libya — A young man kisses a pre-Kadafi Libyan flag, the banner of the rebellion, outside a recruiting office.

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Bin Jawwad, Libya — A rebel assembles an ammunition belt during the heady early days of the uprising against Moammar Kadafi's government.

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Bin Jawwad, Libya — A rebel fighter rolls into town with his weapon hanging out the window of a pickup truck.

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Bin Jawwad, Libya — A rebel fighter with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher takes up a position.

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Ras Lanuf, Libya — A rebel fighter holds a bone. "Kadafi," he said.

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Port Brega, Libya — Hospital personnel empty the pockets of a dead rebel fighter.

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Benghazi, Libya — Rebel supporters pray over the graves of two fighters who were slain in the battle at Port Brega.

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Benghazi, Libya — A group of boys get into the revolutionary spirit on the streets of the rebel stronghold.

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Benghazi, Libya — Rainfall puts a damper on a demonstration in the eastern city during the early optimism of the rebellion.

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Benghazi, Libya — A rebel supporter stands before a graffiti-covered courthouse wall, a week after the revolt began.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — A pair of rebel fighters in a car draped with the pre-Kadafi Libyan flag.

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