The battle comes to Tripoli

Rebel fighters and a television cameraman take shelter as an intense gun battle erupted outside the Corinthia hotel, where many foreign journalists are staying, in Tripoli, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Speaking to a local television channel Wednesday, apparently by phone, Muammar Qaddafi vowed from hiding to fight on "until victory or martyrdom."

Credit: AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev