Libyans step on a carpet featuring Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in BenghaziPhotograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesA Libyan protester holds a machine gun and ammunition confiscated from soldiers in BenghaziPhotograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty ImagesThousands of Libyans gather for Friday prayers outside the courthouse in the eastern city of Benghazi. Around 8,000 people gathered for the midday prayers Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images
Halifa Awad Tajuri was injured by tank fire during violence in Benghazi earlier in the weekPhotograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesProtests call for the removal of the Libyan leader following Friday prayersPhotograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesLibyans hold their country's old national flag as they shout slogans against Libyan leader Muammar GaddafiPhotograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty ImagesMourners carry the coffins of Libyans killed in the fighting in BenghaziPhotograph: Suhaib Salem/ReutersLibyans carry the body of a victim of the violence during a funeral procession in BenghaziPhotograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesEgyptian protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, show their support for the Libyan pro-democracy movementPhotograph: Khalil Hamra/APMourners carry the coffins of Libyans killed in the fighting in BenghaziPhotograph: Suhaib Salem/ReutersLibyans celebrate on the outskirts of BenghaziPhotograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty ImagesEl Faitory Meftah El Bouras holds a portrait of his son Fathig during a protest demanding the removal of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. His son is one of many thousands of political prisoners killed by Libyan security forces during Gaddafi's rulePhotograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesAn image grab taken from Libyan state television shows the Libyan leader waving at supporters at the Green Square in TripoliPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators in Benghazi protest against GaddafiPhotograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesA vandalised portrait of the Libyan leader at an abandoned army base in Tobruk Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty ImagesEgyptians flee the political turmoil in TobrukPhotograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty ImagesEvacuees from different countries queue in front a ship as they prepare to depart from Benghazi's portPhotograph: Rob Celliers/APA Libyan air force base in Tobruk after the base was stormed by anti-government protestersPhotograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty ImagesEgyptian workers try to put their luggage into a bus after fleeing Libya at the Tunisian borderPhotograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/APPeople at the Tunisia-Libya border, near the village of Ras Ajdir in TunisiaPhotograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/APA Libyan border guard walks through an empty customs hall on the Libyan-Egyptian borderPhotograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesCrowds search for underground prisons in Benghazi Photograph: Sean Smith for The GuardianStuart Rees talks to the media at Gatwick after flying in from LibyaPhotograph: Paul Hackett/ReutersA Libyan demonstrator holds a cartoon depicting Libyan leader Gaddafi holding a gun to his head during a protest in the eastern city of Tobruk Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty ImagesLibyans hold the picture of a man killed during clashes between Gaddafi's forces and anti-government protesters outside the courthouse in Benghazi Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty ImagesThousands of anti-regime demonstrators holding the old Libyan flag gather in a central square in the eastern city of Tobruk Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty ImagesEvacuees queue to board a ship at Benghazi's portPhotograph: Hussein Malla/APA Libyan protester walks past wrecked vehicles at the ransacked headquarters of the judiciary police in Benghazi Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty ImagesBenghazi crowds attend Friday prayers Photograph: Sean SmithCrowds of Benghazi residents fill the corniche for Friday prayers Photograph: Sean Smith for The GuardianEvacuees from different countries queue to board a ship in Benghazi Photograph: Hussein Malla/APEgyptians who worked in Libya wait to register at the Tunisia-Libyan border camp in Ras Ajdir, TunisiaPhotograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
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