LIBYA – NEWS/PICTURES – III

KyaemonApril 1, 20119min560

 

Thirty Days on the Ground in Libya: Goran Tomasevic’s Extraordinary Month, in Pictures – NYTimes.com

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/thirty-days-on-the-ground-in-libya/

 


 

Libya: UN air strikes aid rebels – The Big Picture – Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/libya_un_airstrikes_aid_rebels.html

After weeks of debate, the United Nations finally approved a no-fly zone in Libya, helping rebels fighting Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy at perhaps the last possible moment. Rebels had been driven back by the Libyan army to their last stronghold, the eastern city of Benghazi, and appeared ready to be overrun there as well. Two nights of bombardment by coalition forces have sent the army into retreat, and a missile struck Khadafy’s compound in Tripoli, but the final outcome of the conflict is far from clear. Collected here are images from the last few days of fighting. For an earlier Big Picture post on the conflict, see the links below. — Lane Turner (33 photos total)

 

Faces of the displaced – The Big Picture – Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/faces_of_the_displaced.html

For more than a month, refugees have been fleeing the violence and uncertainty of Libya into Tunisia. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has reported nearly 180,000 people have fled — a rate of 2,000 a day. Most end up at border transit camps, desperately trying to find a way home. Here are the faces of a few of them. — Lloyd Young (39 photos total)