Libya: Escaping Misrata's siege

A Libyan rebel celebrates in relief after crossing Tripoli street, a hub of heavy clashes with Gaddafi loyalist fighters, in the centre of Misrata Photograph: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

A rebel fighter moves through a hole in a wall close to frontline fighting on Tripoli Street Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Libyan rebels fire a heavy machine gun mounted on a pick-up truck during clashes Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

Foreign workers from Nigeria, Ghana, and other African countries pile in the back of a truck with their belongings as they try to leave Misrata Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

More foreign workers pile onto a truck with their belongings Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

A shop owner who has joined the rebels stands in front of his bullet-riddled shop in central Misrata Photograph: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

Injured men are lined up to be moved toward waiting ambulances outside a boat that evacuated them Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

An injured Libyan youth is seen on board a boat that evacuated foreign refugees and injured residents Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

A Ghanaian migrant worker waits to disembark in the port of Benghazi on board the Greek ferry Ionian Spirit Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

Mansur Mohammed Doghman, 43, an ambulance driver wounded in Misrata, arrives in the port of Benghazi Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

Libyan girls flash the "V" sign from the porthole of a small ship as they arrive to Benghazi port from Misrata Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images

Wounded civilians arrive in Benghazi Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images

Men chant slogans supporting the revolution and welcome passengers outside a docking boat Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP