Rebel fighters observe the fighting near the main Moammar Gadhafi compound in Bab Al-Aziziya district in Tripoli, Libya, where some of the heaviest fighting took place. (AP)

A Libyan rebel fighter fires from the back of a vehicle towards Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli. (Reuters)

A Somali soldier stands guard at Koonis Football Stadium in Mogadishu where Somali people have gathered to celebrate the ouster of the insurgent al-Shabaab group from the capital. (Reuters)

US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3. (AFP)

A line of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tanks flares up a smoke screen during the annual live-firing exercise and demonstration at Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba, northwest of Tokyo. (AP)

A flamingo stands in the shadow under a tree at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany. (AP)