Libya war: Sean Smith's photographs of Tripoli's fall - in pictures

23 August: Rebels speed towards Muammar Gaddafi's compound at Bab al-Aziziya in the centre of Tripoli. Fighters in the Libyan capital are a mixture of campaign veterans and new recruits from the city
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23 August: A fighter inside Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound
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24 August: Rebel reinforcements pass bodies as they continue to fight inside Bab al-Aziziya
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24 August: A body lies in the Mediterranean sea
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24 August: Rebel forces inside Gaddafi's compound
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24 August: People gather in what was Green Square in Tripoli to celebrate after rebel forces stormed Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound
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25 August: Bodies lie outside the south gate of Bab al-Aziziya compound. At least two were bound with plastic handcuffs, indicating they had been executed
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25 August: Rebel fighters try to take up position to return fire at a sniper position after the entrance to the Corinthia hotel came under fire
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25 August: Rebel fighters pass the body of a man killed in fighting in the Abu Salim district of Tripoli
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25 August: Rebels take prisoners away from fighting in the Abu Salim district
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25 August: Rebels take prisoners away from fighting in the Abu Salim district
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25 August: Rebels take imates out of the shattered remains of the notorious Abu Salim prison
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26 August: Dead bodies lie in a hospital in the Abu Salim district
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26 August: Rebels bring prisoners out of a building damaged in fighting in the Abu Salim district
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26 August: A rebel soldier makes a point to a captured fighter at Abu Salim prison, Tripoli
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26 August: Rebel fighters sit on the large gilded sofa in the shape of a mermaid in Aisha Gaddafi's villa. Houses belonging to the Libyan dictator's daughter and his six sons were taken over by rebels, claiming they belonged to the people of Libya
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27 August: The town of Jmayl, one of the last Gaddafi strongholds to the west of the capital falls to rebel forces. After a five-day standoff with Gaddafi loyalists in the town, about 100 rebels in pick-up trucks drove in, firing their guns wildly in the air in celebration and flashing V-for-victory signs
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29 August: Men believed to be loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi are detained in a room near the town of Abu Grein
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29 August: On the frontline between Misrata and Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining stronghold, rebel fighters wait to hear the latest on negotiations
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30 August: Misrata prison where pro-Gaddafi soldiers are being held while the rebels wait for the end of the fighting
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