




Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil gives a press conference on Aug. 22 in Benghazi, marking the end of four decades of rule by Qaddafi. "The real moment of victory is when Gadhafi is captured," Abdel-Jalil said, noting that he hoped Qaddafi would face trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague.







A Libyan rebel raises his rifle in triumph as tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the uprisings in Tripoli against Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi on Aug. 21, 2011, in Freedom Square in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.



A Libyan man in Benghazi raises his arms to fire off a flair on top of a building in Freedom Square as tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate the arrest of Qaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, and the partial fall of Tripoli to Libyan rebels on Aug. 21.

A Libyan rebel celebrates inside a captured military base, "Kilometer 27," just west of the center of Tripoli, on Aug. 21, as the rebels said victory was imminent and urged NATO to join the final battle with Apache assault helicopters.

Libyan men celebrate the arrest of Qaddafi's son Saif al-Islam on Aug. 21, in Benghazi.

Libyans took to the streets to celebrate news of the partial fall of Tripoli on Aug. 21, in Benghazi.

Libyans celebrate as they listen to the news of Saif's arrest on Aug. 21, in Benghazi.

Rebel security forces fire their rifles in the air to celebrate the partial fall of Tripoli on Aug. 21 in Benghazi.

More celebrating in Benghazi on Aug. 21.

A Libyan rebel fires his AK-47 assault rifle in the air on Aug. 21, in Benghazi.

Even children joined the celebrations in Benghazi on Aug. 21.
