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StoryvilleWhich Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim HetheringtonTim Hetherington's photos: Liberia, Sierra Leone

Pictures from the Libyan civil war, and a final image from Sierra Leone.

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War graffitti

General Samuel Kollie Town, Liberia. April 2004.

  • A young rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) fighter.
  • Sekou, 12, an LURD rebel, in an abandoned Tubmanberg classroom. His parents died in the war. He joined the group to survive.
  • Young rebel fighter and hand grenade.
  • During a government counter-offensive on LURD positions in Monrovia, 3,000 displaced people flee with their possessions.
  • LURD fighters set off from Tubmanberg for an attack on Monrovia, Liberia. A lack of transport meant the attack is made on foot.
  • Young ex-combatants with rebel group Movement for Democracy in Liberia head for UN disarmament point run by Bangladeshi troops.
  • A fisherman passes the wreck of an old ship off Greenville. Liberia is scattered with wrecks owing to the 14 year civil war.
  • Street kids play in a derelict Monrovia builing. Despite the social breakdown, football still brings youths together.
  • Bob Kpwailo, member of local football team 'Millenium Stars' at a training pitch in Sinkhor.
  • War graffitti
  • Children's eyes are tested at a clinic. Many developed problems in the Sierra Leone civil war due to poor healthcare access.

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