Thousands of foreigners caught in the violence in Libya are struggling to leave. Some are able to board aircraft, ferries and other ships chartered by their governments, while others are pouring across the borders of neighboring Egypt. Many have been helped to safety by Libyans under siege themselves.
On the Libya-Egypt Border
Aid convoys make their way into Libya, where the uprising and government counterattack have taken their toll, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
People stream through the Egyptian border at Saloum, February 23, 2011, (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
Egyptian Wael Mohammad fled his job in eastern Libya after he said mercenaries stormed the house next door, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
A member of the Arab Union of Doctors appeals for help for people trapped in the Libyan violence, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
An Egyptian shepherd (left) tells of the charity offered by Libyans to help him flee the fighting, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
Migrant workers take whatever they can as they make their way to safety, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
Opposition forces are now in control of much of eastern Libya, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
A Libyan soldier who has joined the opposition hoists the pre-Gadhafi era flag, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
Vans packed with people fleeing Libya with whatever they could take, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
The Red Crescent sets up camps along the border for those displaced by the uprising in Libya, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)
A young Libyan man forms part of the irregular forces guarding the border with Egypt, now under opposition control, February 23, 2011. (VOA Photo/E. Arrott)