Battle for Tripoli – in pictures

A bullet-riddled mural of Gaddafi in Tripoli reads: 'The leader of victory and challenge' Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

A rebel fighter kicks down a door during a house-to-house search for snipers Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Rebels detain suspected mercenaries Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

A rebel fires his machine gun towards a sniper from a hotel where foreign journalists are staying Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

The bodies of dead loyalist fighters lie at the south entrance of the Bab al-Aziziya compound Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

A rebel fires his rifle as he runs across a street Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

An injured rebel is treated in Abu Salim district Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Armed rebels have a rest in the building of the former oil ministry Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA

Rebel fighters detain a suspected mercenary Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Rebels seize boxes of ammunition hidden underground by Gaddafi's forces in the al-Maser forest Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Bodies lie outside the south gate of Bab al-Aziziya compound Photograph: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

Prisoners emerge injured from a bombed prison in Abu Salim Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

Bodies lie on the floor at a hospital Photograph: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

Rebels drive into the Abu Salim district Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

A rebel, on the left, handcuffs two Gaddafi loyalists Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

A wounded rebel is unloaded for medical attention at the capital's central hospital Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Rebel fighters on the street in the Abu Salim district Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

A wounded Libyan rebel is rushed for treatment at Tripoli's central hospital Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Libyan rebel fighters fire their weapon during a fight for the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Salim district Photograph: Anis Mili/Reuters