Libya conflict: Fighting rages in Ajdabiya – in pictures
Ajdabiya continues to be Libya's key city in ongoing battles between rebels and Gaddafi forces
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Rebel fighters prepare an anti-aircraft machine gun at a checkpoint near Ajdabiya city
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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A Libyan family leaves Ajdabyia for Benghazi. Rebels vowed they would reclaim Ajdabiya, just west of the opposition stronghold Benghazi, by nightfall
Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA
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Protesters gather for a demonstration against Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi
Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters
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A Libyan man is comforted by hospital staff in Benghazi after identifying his brother in the morgue. His brother was killed in fighting around Ajdabiya city
Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP
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Mourners near the grave of a rebel killed by loyalist forces in Ajdabiyah say prayers during his funeral in Benghazi
Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters
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One of six Danish F-16 fighters based in the Italian military airport of Sigonella lands. The fighter jets did not take part in bombings during the air campaign
Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
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A Libyan rebel covered with the rebellion flag looks at a row of rebels massed several kilometres from the key city of Ajdabiya
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP
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Damaged missiles, training and maintenance equipment, destroyed by cruise missile strikes at the Libyan navy's Abu Sitr base in Tripoli
Photograph: Scott Peterson/Getty Images
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Italian soldiers view a Hercules C130 at Sigonella military airport in southern Italy
Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP
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Libyans inspect the remains of a US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that crashed after a suspected malfunction
Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
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A Libyan man stands near cars damaged by coalition air strikes at the naval military facility in People's Port, eastern Tripoli
Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
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Libyan rebels run for cover as they come under tank fire from Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the outskirts of Ajdabiya
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP
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An F-16 fighter from Denmark's air force takes off from the Italian military airport of Sigonella
Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
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Libyan rebels unload rocket-propelled grenades from a car several kilometres from the key city of Ajdabiya
Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP
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Rebels stop their vehicle as mortars are fired by Gaddafi's forces on the frontline
Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP
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Store shutters close in a medina in Tripoli
Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP
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Rebels retreat as mortars are fired by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the outskirts of Ajdabiya
Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP
