Crisis In Libya Pictures

An armed anti-Gaddafi fighter runs for cover behind a pick-up truck, during yesterday’s battle for Ras Lanuf.

A rebel fighter fires a cannon during a battle near Ras Lanuf, March 4, 2011. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Protesters in Benghazi pray in the pouring rain.  Photo Credit: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Libyans carry the coffin of a rebel killed in fighting with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi during a mass funeral in Ajdabiya, eastern Libya.

Kevin Frayer/AP

A refugee gathered his few belongings at a United Nations-supported camp in Tunisia. After weeks of unrest and the threat of civil war in Libya, refugees were flooding the areas over the country’s western border.

Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME

Brega, March 2, 2011
Forces seeking to topple Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi successfully fended off an offensive staged by the regime to oust them from the key oil refinery and port town of Brega. The men gathered for prayer before the battle began.