21 April 2011Last updated at 08:18

Chris Hondros in Libya: The last photographs

Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros in front of a burning building in Misrata, Libya, on 18/4/11

American photographer Chris Hondros was killed while photographing Libyan rebels during house-to-house fighting in Tripoli Street, Misrata - the scene of some of the most intense fighting in the city. These are some of the last photographs he took.

Libyan rebel forces fire at a building holding government loyalist troops during street fighting on Tripoli Street in Misrata, Libya, on 20/4/11

Rebel fighters fire at a building they have surrounded in Tripoli Street, Misrata. The upper floors of the building have been taken over by government troops.

Rebel fighters move in on government troops in a building in Tripoli Street, Misrata, on 20/4/11

Inside the Tripoli Street building, rebels move towards trapped government troops on the upper floors.

A rebel fighter runs up a burning stairwell during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in Misrata, Libya, on 20/4/11

Amid smoke and flames a rebel fighter runs up a burning stairwell of the building.

Rebel fighters discuss how to dislodge government troops firing on them in a house in Tripoli Street, Misrata, Libya, on 20/4/11

Working out how to dislodge government troops from the building in Misrata required hasty discussions.

Rebels carry out a comrade wounded during an assault on a building containing government troops in Misrata, Libya, on 20/4/11

During the assault the rebels sustained some casualties. Here they carry out a comrade wounded in the assault on the building in Tripoli Street.

Rebel celebrates as his comrades fire on a building containing government troops in Tripoli Street, Misrata, on 20/4/11

A rebel fighter celebrates as his comrades fire on government troops who are refusing to surrender in Tripoli Street, Misrata.

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Chris Hondros in Libya: The last photographs

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