Libya unrest continues - in pictures

A crowd of anti-government protesters celebrate taking control of the town of Zawiyah, 30 miles (50km) west of Tripoli Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

A man stands on an army tank in the town of Zawiyah. His sign, written in Arabic, reads: "Our demand: freedom" Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

An alleged mercenary affiliated with Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi walks inside the Benghazi courthouse where he he is being held
Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

An army tank is surrounded by anti-government protesters in the town of Zawiya Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

British Royal Marines stand among discarded blankets and clothes as they survey the port at Benghazi, before helping foreigners to leave aboard the HMS Cumberland Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

Rebel fighters patrol a street in Benghazi
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

Firefighters extinguish a blaze at an abandoned army barracks in Benghazi
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters inside a burnt-out state security building in Benghazi prepare caricatures of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Stranded foreign workers queue for breakfast in the pouring rain in Benghazi
Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

A rebel army officer teaches civilians who have volunteered to join the rebel army in Benghazi how to use an AK-47 rifle Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

The scene at the departure hall at Tripoli airport as thousands try to leave Libya Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Anti-government protesters hang the national flag from the rooftop of a hotel in Benghazi
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

Stranded foreign workers try to change money at the Juliyana pier in the port of Benghazi
Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

People queue to withdraw cash from a bank in Benghazi Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

A gunman celebrates the freedom of the city of Benghazi by firing a gun into the air Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Rebel fighters rest in a hotel lobby in Benghazi
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

Rebel fighters rally to celebrate the freedom of the city of Benghazi Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Libyan army paratroopers who joined the rebellion and anti-government fighters patrol the eastern city of Benghazi Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

A tribal rebel takes up position at a checkpoint in Ajdabiya Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

A rebel army officer teaches the use of an anti-aircraft gun to civilians who have volunteered for the rebel army in Benghazi Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Anti-Gaddafi gunmen celebrate the freedom of the Libyan city of Benghazi Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

A Libyan militia member from the forces against Gaddafi guards three men, who are suspected of being mercenaries from Chad Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Libyan militia members from the forces against Gadhafi escort a man who they suspect to be a mercenary from Chad. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

A Libyan rebel militiaman signals the HMS Cumberland at sunset in Benghazi Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Libyans militias controlling the entrance of the city of Shahad in the rebel area of the country Photograph: TIAGO PETINGA/EPA

Protesters opposed to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi pray in the main square in the city of Zawiyah Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters