After a six-month conflict, rebels fighting to end Muammar Qaddafi's rule control most of Tripoli after advancing quickly into the Libyan capital. Around Libya, people have taken to the streets in celebration.
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Libyans Take To The Streets To Celebrate Rebels' Advance
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Local residents greet advancing rebel fighters on the outskirts of Tripoli on August 22.
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News about the rebels' advance was celebrated overnight across Libya. Here men hug and celebrate in Misrata, a city 200 kilometers east of Tripoli.
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In the eastern city of Benghazi, people wave flags of the Kingdom of Libya, which predated Qaddafi, as they gather near the city's courthouse.
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Celebrations went on through the night in Benghazi.
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People in Tajura, a suburb of Tripoli, celebrated in the early morning after rebels seized swathes of the capital including the symbolic Green Square.
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A boy in Benghazi holds a drawing depicting Qaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam being hanged.