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Libya's opposition leadership declared Monday that the decades-old regime of Moammar Gadhafi is finished, but intense fighting raged in parts of Tripoli as loyalists refused to cede control of the capital.

Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli in a lighting advance Sunday that met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 40-year rule appeared to rapidly crumble. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in the city's main square, the symbolic heart of the regime.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa Abou Moussa

A Sudanese woman and children in East Jebel Mara, South Darfur

With the sovereign debt crisis deepening, the leaders of France and Germany announced that they would seek a "true European economic government" made up of all the heads of state of eurozone countries but led by European Union President Herman Van Rompuy.

Augustine Mahiga (on screen), Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, briefs the Security Council

Army Sgt. Frank Kiler, a C-23B Sherpa flight engineer with Detachment 1, Company D, 126th Aviation, scans the cargo area to ensure the safety of all of those onboard as the aircraft climbs towards 12,500 ft. July 26, 2011. The Sherpa was working with the U.S. Navy as they performed high-altitude, low-opening para-jumps.

Young people at the launch of the International Year of Youth, celebrated annually on 12 August

Voters put corn kernels into jars with their favorite Republican presidential candidates on the first day of the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Thursday.