Young female Liberian runs as an armed female LURD rebel soldier chases her with a weapon at the port August 13, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. LURD...
Hungry Liberians carry bags of U.S. Supplied wheat at a World Food Program warehouse August 13, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. LURD rebels in control of...
Liberians scatter as a female LURD rebel soldier fires shots into the air at the port August 13, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. LURD rebels in control of...
Marine stands guard by a sunken ship at the port after a meeting of LURD rebels, Liberia's main rebel faction, and American embassy officials August...
Charles Taylor spends his last moments as Liberian president August 11, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Under international pressure, Taylor ceded the...
Charles Taylor spends his last moments as Liberian president August 11, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Under international pressure, Taylor ceded the...
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy rebel sits at a guard position August 6, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. LURD rebels still hold...
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy rebel passes by a van peppered by automatic gunfire August 6, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. LURD...
Rebel soldiers from Liberia's main rebel faction, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Development , sit in the back of a pickup truck cheering a...
Convoy of the U.S. Ambassador and representatives pass over a key bridge into LURD rebel held territory August 5, 2003 in Liberia. U.S....
Nigerian peacekeeper secures Roberts International Airport August 4, 2003 outside of Monrovia, Liberia. These troops have been transfered to...
First wave of United Nations peacekeepers from Nigeria arrive at Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia August 4, 2003 in Monrovia,...
Small boy brandishes an assault rifle near the front lines August 3, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Very small children often hang around the fronts,...
Skeleton lies in a deserted stretch of downtown area August 3, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Fighting has been dragging on for nearly two weeks now,...
Part of a group of Nigerian officers sent to evaluate peacekeeping options in Liberia looks over x-rays with a doctor at JFK Medical Center July 31,...
Group of Nigerian officers sent to evaluate peacekeeping options in Liberia make their rounds July 31, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. The first group of...
An orphaned child looks out the window onto deserted streets from the temporary home of the Daniel Hoover orphanage August 1, 2003 in Monrovia,...
Medics and staff with Doctors Without Borders dig a grave for a man hit by a stray bullet hours before July 29, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Gunfire...
Liberians flee the sound of fighting near Stockton Bridge carrying their belongings through a driving rainstorm July 27, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia....
Liberian President Charles Taylor speaks during a Christian prayer service in a sports stadium that has been housing thousands of refugees July 26,...
Local Liberian staffers with Doctors Without Borders dig mass graves for patients who have died July 24, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Hundreds of...
Marines unload supplies brought in by helicopter at the U.S. Embassy July 23, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Waves of reinforcements have arrived in...
Young Liberian soldiers scatter as return fire from rebel soldiers comes in across a key bridge July 23, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Clashes continued...
Liberian President Charles Taylor attends the funeral of his mother, Yassa Zoe Taylor, July 22, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia.
Some 18 bodies lie in front of the U.S. Embassy after being killed in mortar shells in an adjacent refugee camp July 21, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia....
Liberian militia soldier loyal to the government fires a rocket propelled grenade at rebel forces at a key strategic bridge July 20, 2003 in...
Liberian militia soldiers organize during an assault on a key strategic bridge July 20, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Government forces succeeded in...
Liberian displaced people stand in line for refuge outside the U.S. Owned Greystone refugee camp compound July 20, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia....
Liberian child soldiers loyal to the government sit silently before charging at a strategic bridge position July 20, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia....
Liberian government militia soldier commander orders a reluctant young soldier to charge into battle at a key strategic bridge July 20, 2003 in...
Joseph Duo, a Liberian militia commander loyal to the government, exults after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces at a key strategic...
Liberian militia commander loyal to the government exults after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces at a key strategic bridge July 20,...
Liberian militia soldier loyal to the government screams to organize his men before taking a key strategic bridge July 20, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia....
Liberian militia soldiers loyal to the government unleash machine gun fire at enemy rebel forces at a key strategic bridge July 20, 2003 in Monrovia,...
Liberians chant, "No more war, we want peace" at an impromptu peace rally near the front lines July 19, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. In an unexpected...
Militia soldier loyal to the government jumps off a truck while carrying a weapon as he dashes towards front line positions July 19, 2003 just...
Government soldiers duck and flee gunshots from advancing rebel troops July 19, 2003 at front line positions just outside Monrovia, Liberia. In an...
Refugees flee fighting by walking into Monrovia July 19, 2003 just outside Monrovia, Liberia. In an unexpected move, rebels attacked the capital this...
Pro-government militia soldiers guard the line of fire in front of advancing rebel troops July 19, 2003 near front line positions just outside...
Man confronts a government soldier who had broken up a peace rally near front line positions July 19, 2003 outside Monrovia, Liberia. In an...
Government soldiers run from an incoming mortar explosion at the front lines July 19, 2003 just outside Monrovia, Liberia. In an unexpected move,...
Young female soldier sits in a truck just prior to a rebel attack July 19, 2003 near front line positions just outside Monrovia, Liberia. In an...
Young combatant totes a bag at a village near front line positons July 18, 2003 in Bomi County, Liberia.Tensions are high on both sides of the front...
Liberians salute a convoy of members of the U.S. Assessment team during a mission July 17, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. The team visited a small...
Head of the U.S. Military assessment team Captain Roger Coldiron and Public Affairs Officer Terrance Dudley walk with college administrators during a...
Liberian president Charles Taylor applauds before a peace rally July 16, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Taylor spoke at a sports stadium housing...
Liberian girl waves an American flag after a peace rally July 16, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Liberian president Charles Taylor spoke at a sports...
Woman prays for peace during a rally July 16, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Liberian president Charles Taylor spoke at a sports stadium housing...
Liberian president Charles Taylor steps out of his car surrounded by security before a peace rally July 16, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Liberian...
Liberian soldier, who has lost a leg, pauses in the hallway of JFK Medical Center July 16, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Hundreds of Liberians, soldiers...
Stephen Kerkula, a Liberian soldier, cries out in pain as his shell injury is dressed at JFK Medical Center July 16, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia....
Malnourished boy Robert, two, lies down July 15, 2003 at a Doctors Without Borders care center in Monrovia, Liberia. Hundreds of thousands of...
Liberians walk down a main Monrovian street July 15, 2003 near a refugee camp in Monrovia, Liberia. Hundreds of thousands of Liberians have converged...
Refugee girl walks admidst laundry scattered around the lawn of a Masonic temple converted into a refugee camp July 15, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia....
Woman receives food supplies from a humanitarian worker during a distribution at a sports stadium July 14, 2003 on the outskirts of Monrovia,...
Girl gets a sack of food aid from a humanitarian worker during a distribution at a sports stadium July 14, 2003 on the outskirts of Monrovia,...
Woman cooks her recently acquired food aid inside a sports stadium July 14, 2003 on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. Thousands of internally...
Woman carries food aid away from a distribution area at a sports stadium July 14, 2003 on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. Thousands of internally...
Two Liberian soccer players go after the ball on a muddy field as spectators watch from a low wall during an intramural soccer match July 13, 2003 in...