Ruth Sherlock

With much of Tripoli in rebel hands, fight­ers and ex­iles alike re­turn to a city they haven’t seen in months.

Libyan rebels con­tin­ue their strug­gle against Muam­mer Gaddafi loy­al­ists; for the rebels it is a mat­ter of life or death.

A civil­ian team with pool cues and lit­tle train­ing un­earths more than 500 mines laid by Gaddafi’s forces near Mis­ura­ta.

A com­mer­cial fer­ry car­ries res­i­dents, med­ical sup­plies and food to the be­sieged Libyan city.

In the fog of war, pro-democ­ra­cy forces are hav­ing a hard time de­ter­min­ing friend from foe.

De­spite death threats and bombs, Ra­dio Free Libya con­tin­ues its rebel broad­casts in sup­port of the rev­o­lu­tion.

Gaddafi’s troops may be bet­ter armed, but rebels in Mis­ura­ta say their morale is high­er.

Rebels in the Libyan city have set up a coun­cil, food­stalls and road blocks, but the num­ber of ca­su­al­ties is ris­ing.

Some­times, just get­ting to the front lines can be the most haz­ardous part of a jour­ney in Libya.

Gaddafi once gave the re­mote vil­lage of Swa­hat all that it need­ed, but the vil­lagers have now fled, fear­ing his wrath.