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Sean Smith

Libyan rebel fighters near Bani Walid - in pictures

Sean Smith: Bani Walid: A rebel soldier at a checkpoint at Bostata 50km from Bani Walid
A rebel soldier at a checkpoint in the hamlet of Bostata, 50km from Bani Walid
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: Libyan rebels stand in front of an abandoned building
Libyan rebels stand in front of an abandoned building at the last checkpoint on the road from Tarhouna to Bani Walid
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: Libyan rebels at a check point south of Tarhouna at the hamlet of Bostata
Libyan rebels at a checkpoint in Bostata Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: Libyan rebals prepare in case talks fail south of Tahouna
The rebels prepare in case talks fail
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: Libyan rebels at a check point south of Tarhouna on the road to Bani Walid
Waiting at the checkpoint
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: Libyan rebels at a checkpoint south of Tarhouna en route
Rebels, mindful of civilian casualties, are still attempting to negotiate rather than use force to take Bani Walid
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: NTC fighters celebrate at a checkpoint between Tarhouna and Bani Walid
Libyan NTC fighters gather at a checkpoint as elder representatives of the Warfalla tribe met NTC representatives at the Malti mosque in Wishtata village Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: Tribal elder representatives from the Libyan Warfalla  meet NTC fighters
Warfalla tribal elders meet NTC fighters at the Malti mosque
Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Sean Smith: Bani Walid: Libyan NTC fighetrs fire their weapons in the air and chant at a checkpoint
NTC fighters fire their weapons in the air and chant to celebrate a deal made with the elders of Bani Walid Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
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