Gaddafi's forces and rebels battle as world leaders hold Libya talks

The Libyan rebels' only plane is shot down over Benghazi. Libya's rebel stronghold came under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

The rebel jet plummets to earth Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

The fighter plane explodes Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

A rebel fighter holds a RPG launcher as he shouts "Allahu Akbar!" in Benghazi Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A Libyan policewoman loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shouts slogans during a protest outside the hotel where members of the foreign media are staying in Tripoli Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

An injured rebel fighter sits on a car in Benghaz Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

An F-18 growler jet fighter flies over the Nato airbase in Aviano, Italy. Nato's top decision-making body met in an emergency session to review military plans for a no-fly zone over Libya Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Libyan government spokesman Dr Ibrahim Musa pauses as he reads a letter sent to US President Barack Obama by Muammar Gaddafi at a press conference in Tripoli, warning international forces they would 'regret' intervening in Libya Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

French president Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes British prime minister David Cameron before a crisis summit on Libya at the Elysee palace in Paris Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP

Residents of Benghazi flee the city Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

Rebel fighters stand on a tank captured from Gaddafi's forces in Benghazi Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A Libyan girl fleeing Benghazi sits in a bus Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

A woman rebel fighter shoots an AK-47 rifle as she reacts to the news of the withdrawal of Gaddafi's forces from Benghazi Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Rebel fighters sit on a tank captured from Gaddafi's forces in Benghazi Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Five-year-old Mohammed Achmed is treated for bullet wounds to his chest in Jalaa hospital, Benghazi Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

A medical worker walks between bodies of rebels killed in recent fighting in Benghazi Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Libyan rebels celebrate next to burning cars after Gaddafi's forces were pushed back in Benghazi Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

A coffin containing a Libyan rebel fighter in Benghazi Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP