Spring in Misrata

A man drives his car (extensively shot, with his family inside, one month before) around the center of Misrata

People strolling around Tripoli Street watch and comment the destruction caused by the war

Tripoli Street, Misrata's main street, was totally destroyed during the first weeks of the battle for the city

A group of soldiers prepare their guns for an assault on loyalist positions

A soldier prays during a pause in combats at the Ad Dafiniyah frontline

A group of soldiers receive instruction in order to, in one week, be ready to go to the frontline

A group of rebel soldiers, after advancing ten kilometers into the frontline, shoot a recoilless cannon over loyalist positions

A rebel soldier shoots a pick-up mounted machine gun over positions defended by Gadaffi's loyalist soldiers

After taking over a line of enemy positions, a group of rebel soldiers answer fire coming from loyalist soldiers located around a hundred meters away

A group of rebel soldiers capture an injured loyalist soldier after taking over a position defended by Gadaffi's loyalists

Rebel soldiers launch mortars on Gadaffi's positions

From an advanced position at the Ad Dafiniyah frontline, a rebel soldier fires over Gadaffi's positions

After taking over a loyalist's tank and a big amount of ammunition, a group of rebel soldiers celebrate victory

A nurse holds a soldier seriously injured in the frontline, whose right arm had to be amputated

At a field hospital in the Ad Dafiniyah frontline west of Misrata, a group of doctors tries to save the life of a soldier freshly injured. In spite of the medical team's efforts, he lost his live

Workers at the emergency unit of Al Hikma hospital in Misrata clean a poodle of blood after a severely injured soldier was treated

Relatives, friends and comrades of a soldier fallen in the Tawarga frontline celebrate his burial in a cemetery in Misrata

Amohammed Sahli, 12 years old, recovers at a physiotherapy clinic in Misrata. A missile launched by Gadaffi's forces fell into his house while he was playing with his brothers and sisters. Amohammed lost one hand, the thumb of the other hand (which might still be amputated if it doesn't respond to the treatment) and one eye's sight, on top of breaking his both legs in several places and suffer extensive burns all around his body

With a background of tanks captured to Gadaffi's forces, children enjoy the activities organized by social charities from the city

Misrata's families watch a group of tanks used by the infamous Khamis Brigade (commanded by one of Gadaffi's sons) to bomb civilian buildings in the center of Misrata. This building (a market before the war) was later bombed by NATO to destroy a total of seven loyalist tanks

A girl, drapped in the rebel's flag, walks in front of an exhibition of artillery pieces used by Gadaffi's forces to bomb Misrata during the severe fighting in March and April

After cleaning the street of the war's debris, traffic comes back to Misrata's city center

A boy sells cigarettes in a corner of Tripoli Street, seriously damaged during the war

At dusk, a group of women chat in Sahat Al Hout Square

In a meeting for women organized by the charity "Alshahed" to support the war, and old woman reacts in front of the camera, raising the rebel flag and a victory sign