People flee Libya

Libyans step on a carpet featuring Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images A Libyan protester holds a machine gun and ammunition confiscated from soldiers in Benghazi Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Thousands 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 week Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Protests call for the removal of the Libyan leader following Friday prayers Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Libyans hold their country's old national flag as they shout slogans against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images Mourners carry the coffins of Libyans killed in the fighting in Benghazi Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters Libyans carry the body of a victim of the violence during a funeral procession in Benghazi Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, show their support for the Libyan pro-democracy movement Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP Mourners carry the coffins of Libyans killed in the fighting in Benghazi Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters Libyans celebrate on the outskirts of Benghazi Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images El 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 rule Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images An image grab taken from Libyan state television shows the Libyan leader waving at supporters at the Green Square in Tripoli Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Demonstrators in Benghazi protest against Gaddafi Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images A vandalised portrait of the Libyan leader at an abandoned army base in Tobruk Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Egyptians flee the political turmoil in Tobruk Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Evacuees from different countries queue in front a ship as they prepare to depart from Benghazi's port Photograph: Rob Celliers/AP A Libyan air force base in Tobruk after the base was stormed by anti-government protesters Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Egyptian workers try to put their luggage into a bus after fleeing Libya at the Tunisian border Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP People at the Tunisia-Libya border, near the village of Ras Ajdir in Tunisia Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP A Libyan border guard walks through an empty customs hall on the Libyan-Egyptian border Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Crowds search for underground prisons in Benghazi Photograph: Sean Smith for The Guardian Stuart Rees talks to the media at Gatwick after flying in from Libya Photograph: Paul Hackett/Reuters A 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 Images Libyans 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 Images Thousands 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 Images Evacuees queue to board a ship at Benghazi's port Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP A Libyan protester walks past wrecked vehicles at the ransacked headquarters of the judiciary police in Benghazi Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Benghazi crowds attend Friday prayers Photograph: Sean Smith Crowds of Benghazi residents fill the corniche for Friday prayers Photograph: Sean Smith for The Guardian Evacuees from different countries queue to board a ship in Benghazi Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP Egyptians who worked in Libya wait to register at the Tunisia-Libyan border camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP