TRIPOLI, LIBYA – AUGUST 25: A Libyan rebel stands in front of a burning building followig a rebel victory in the dangerous Abu Salim neighborhood on August 25 2011 in Tripoli, Libya. (Photograph by Benjamin Lowy/Reportage by Getty Images)
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