Featured photojournalist: Manu Brabo

National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters on the runway of the airport in Sirte, Libya. The city is of vital strategic importance and has now been surrendered by pro-Gaddafi forces, says the NTC Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

NTC troops fire a machine gun during an attack on the city of Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

A wounded NTC fighter is carried away by comrades during an attack on Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

A sniper scans for targets from a building in Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

An NTC fighter glimpsed through a battle-damaged wall runs for cover in Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

NTC fighters launch a missile during an attack for the city of Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Libyan NTC troops during an attack on pro-Gaddafi forces in Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Forces of the NTC during a gun battle against pro-Gaddafi forces in Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

An NTC soldier stands beneath a bombed building in Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Bullets litter the pavement during an exchange of gunfire between NTC and pro-Gaddafi forces Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Suspected Gaddafi loyalists are detained by NTC forces in Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP