Libya: On the ground with rebels and refugees - in pictures

Government jets continue to bomb rebel positions near Ras Lanuf as hundreds of foreign workers flee the violence in Libya

  • A Libyan rebel walks through a field of ammunition near the strategic petroleum facilities in Ras Lanuf
    Libya battles continue: A Libyan rebel walks through ammunition near petrol facilities in Ras Lanuf

  • A rebel fighter runs for cover during an air strike in Ras Lanuf
    Libya battles continue: A rebel fighter runs for cover during an air strike in Ras Lanuf

  • A rebel fighter fires his rifle at a military aircraft loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, at a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf
    Libya battles continue: A rebel fighter fires his rifle at a military aircraft at Ras Lanuf

  • Libyan rebels sit in their vehicle near Ras Lanuf
    Libya battles continue: Libyan rebels sit in their vehicle near Ras Lanuf

  • A Libyan rebel runs for cover from a government air strike near strategic petroleum facilities in Ras Lanuf
    Libya battles continue: Opposition Rebels Battle Gaddafi Forces In Eastern Libya

  • A Libyan man finds a toddler's shoe inside a civilian car that was hit by an air strike causing casualties, including at least two children
    Libya battles continue: A Libyan man shows a baby slipper from the inside of a civilian car

  • Libyan rebels gather for a meal near strategic petroleum facilities in Ras Lanuf
    Libya battles continue: Opposition Rebels Battle Gaddafi Forces In Eastern Libya

  • Abdul Malek, 30, from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, waits for information during his repatriation process in a refugee camp near the Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia
    Libya battles continue: Abdul Malek during his repatriation process in a refugee camp

  • A Libyan rebel waves his gun as he gathers with fellow fighters at a checkpoint in the outskirts of the key oil port of Ras LanufPhotograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images
    Libya battles continue: A Libyan rebel waves his hand gun as he

  • Bangladeshi workers who fled the unrest in Libya queue for food in a refugee camp in Ras Ajdir on the Tunisia-Libya border
    Libya battles continue: Men from Bangladesh wait in line for food in a refugee camp at the border

  • Libyan volunteers wait on the outskirts of Brega for a ride to a place where they can sleep the night
    Libya battles continue: Libyan volunteers wait for a ride to a place where they can sleep the night

  • Men from Ghana who have fled the violence in Libya wait to be called to deliver their passports during their repatriation process in a Tunisian refugee camp in Ras Ajdir on the Tunisia-Libya border
    Libya battles continue: Men from Ghana at a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border,

  • Libyan rebel fighters run for cover as an air force jet drops a bomb on the outskirts of the oil-rich town of Ras Lanuf
    Libya battles continue: Libyan rebel fighters run for cover as an airforce jet drops a bomb
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