Chris Hondros works near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt in February, 2011. Hondros, a N.C. State graduate and Pulitizer finalist, was killed while on assignment in Libya Wednesday April 20, 2011. Hondros spent two weeks in Libya providing readers with these images before he was killed.
A Libyan rebel soldier rubs his eyes near a front-line position April 6, 2011 near Brega, Libya. Rebel militias fighting against Libyan government loyalist soldiers continued their stand-off in the eastern Libyan desert today, regaining ground toward a key oil port while anxiously awaiting further NATO airstrikes in their quest to unseat longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
A young Libyan rebel wears a checkered scarf around his head on the road to Brega April 6, 2011 near Brega, Libya.
Libyan rebels cheer on their comrades driving to front-line positions April 6, 2011 near Brega, Libya.
Libyan rebel soldiers celebrate as they fire rockets (background) toward Libyan government troops near front-line positions April 6, 2011 outside of Brega, Libya.
A Libyan rebel soldier rubs his eyes as rebel forces withdraw from positions nearby April 7, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. A NATO air strike is thought to have killed at least five rebels near the contested town of Brega earlier April 7, while rocket attacks by Libyan Army forces prompted both rebels and civilians alike to flee from the Ajdabiyah, fearing incursions by forces loyal to longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Libyan rebels scatter as mortars fired by Libyan army troops crash down nearby April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya.
Libyan rebels on a truck withdraw from the western edge of Ajdabiyah as mortars fired by Libyan army troops crash down nearby April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya.
Libyan rebels rally their spirits on the western edge of Ajdabiyah as they attempt to guard the city April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya.
Rebel fighters gather around the body of a comrade in the Ajdabiyah morgue after he was killed during clashes with government troops April 10, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya.
A rebel sympathizer holds the rebel flag over the charred remains of a Libyan army loyalist pickup truck bombed by NATO forces April 10, 2011 on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, Libya.
Rebel fighters hold a position ahead of a rumored Libyan Army advance in the desert April 11, 2011 between the crucial towns of Ajdabiyah and Brega, Libya.
Rebel fighters rally and cheer on the main highway awaiting a rumored Libyan Army advance April 11, 2011 between the crucial towns of Ajdabiyah and Brega, Libya.
Rebel fighters celebrate after firing powerful rockets toward Libyan Army positions near the western gate of Ajdabiyah April 11, 2011, on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, Libya.
A rebel fighter celebrates as his comrades fire a rocket barrage toward the positions of troops loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi April 14, 2011, west of Ajdabiyah, Libya. Rebels exchanged artillery and rocket fire with loyalist troops west of Ajdabiyah April 14 as the conflct engulfing Libya continued.
Rebel fighters on a launch truck watch the path of a rocket they fired toward troops loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi April 14, 2011 west of Ajdabiyah, Libya.
A rebel fighter talks on a cell phone during an exchange of artillery between rebel and government loyalist troops April 14, 2011 west of Ajdabiyah, Libya.
A Libyan rebel youth watches the sun set near front lines April 14, 2011 west of Ajdabiyah, Libya.
Friends and relatives of Ramadan Omar Balah shout out during his burial April 15, 2011, in Benghazi, Libya. Balah, a rebel against longtime Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi's rule, was killed a day ago by Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi sympathizers on the outskirts of Benghazi, a reminder of the brutal civil conflict that is engulfing the north African country.
Muhammed, a friend of Ramadan Omar Balah, cries on his grave moments after Balah's burial April 15, 2011, in Benghazi, Libya.
Muhammed, a friend of Ramadan Omar Balah, cries on his grave moments after Balah's burial April 15, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya.
Ali Salem el-Faizani, 10, stands at a street corner while working as a traffic cop April 15, 2011,in Benghazi, Libya. Schools have been closed throughout eastern Libya for nearly two months due to the ongoing civil conflict; some children like Ali are working to pass the time, in his case finding a job via a Boy Scout-like youth troop that's affiliated with the Benghazi traffic police. "I like directing the cars around," Ali says.
A Libyan rebel supporter walks with a flag during a march to demand the end of longtime Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi's rule April 15, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Thousands of Libyans marched through the streets of Benghazi on Friday afternoon, chanting for the end of the Gaddafi, regime even as troops loyal to Colonel Gaddafi battled with rebel fighters at front lines about 100 miles away.
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