As residents of the Libyan capital faced another day without running water or electricity, a rebel official vowed to make this "difficult period" as short as possible.
Libyan Rebels Struggle to Cope With Shortages
A rebel checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, August 26, 2011. (VOA Photo - J. Weeks)
On a block in Tripoli with mostly shuttered storefronts, a pharmacy is open for half an hour a day. (VOA Photo - J. Weeks)
Tripoli residents unload a generator to pump water from a local mosque. (VOA Photo - J. Weeks)
A man sells water from the back of a truck in Tripoli, Libya. Water has been cut off throughout the city, August 26, 2011. (VOA Photo - J. Weeks)
A rebel fighter at the Zawiya hospital, central Tripoli (VOA Photo - E. Arrott)
Receiving treatment after a gunshot wound, at the Zawiya Hospital VOA Photo - E. Arrott)
Garbage collects in the hospital's hallways. (VOA Photo - E. Arrott)
Bodies fill the hospital's makeshift morgue. (VOA Photo - E. Arrott)
Supplies at the Zawiyah hospital are running low as casualties mount. (VOA Photo - E. Arrott)
The wait for non-emergency treatment can be long at the Zawiya hospital. (VOA Photo - E. Arrott)
The supply room of the Zawiya hospital (VOA Photo - E. Arrott)
Doctors, left, take a break outside the Zawiya hospital. (VOA Photo - E. Arrott)