A rebel fighter moves through a hole punched in a wall near the front line fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata, Libya. Tripoli Street once was Misurata's posh main avenue for shops and expensive apartments. Now weeks of house-to-house battles between forces loyal to Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi and rebels have left it in ruins. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels ensconced there, as the Libyan uprising enters its third month. April 18, 2011.
Getty Images Photographer Chris Hondros, 41, was mortally wounded Wednesday in Misurata, Libya, not long after filing intimate, striking images of the fighting between rebel and government forces. Tim Hetherington, the director and producer of the documentary "Restrepo," was killed in the same attack. While Hetherington's photos were not available to us, we honor both his and Hondros' intense commitment to creating inspiring, touching, storytelling images with this post. The images that follow were made by Hondros in Misurata, Libya, the last three days of his life. Hondros and Hetherington will be missed by colleagues and millions worldwide who have been impacted through simply seeing their work
A rebel fighter stands near the front lines on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. Fighting continues between Libyan government forces and anti-government rebels ensconced there, as the Libyan uprising enters its third month. April 18, 2011.
A rebel fighter ducks from incoming fire at the front lines on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 18, 2011.
A libyan rebel fighter runs up a burning stairwell during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops. April 20, 2011.
A rebel fighter stands in the destroyed lobby of a office building on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 18, 2011.
A rebel fighter stands near the front lines on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 18, 2011
The front line between Libyan government forces (L) and rebel insurgents (foreground) is seen on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 18, 2011.
A rebel fighter fires at troops loyal to Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi at the front lines on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 18, 2011.
A rebel fighter wounded by shrapnel in the leg is brought to the hospital in the besieged city Misurata, Libya. Thousands of civilians are trapped in Misurata as fighting continues between Libyan government forces that have surrounded the city and anti-government rebels there, as the Libyan uprising enters its third month. April 18, 2011.
A Libyan government fighter captured by rebels has his bound hands freed by doctors before he is treated in the hospital in Misurata. April 18, 2011.
A man tends to his brother's wounds after he was wounded driving his car the day before during fighting in the besieged city. April 18, 2011.
A doctor stands by a Libyan woman who suffered shattered bones and serious abdominal injuries from an explosive shell landing on her home during fighting in the besieged city of Misurata. April 19, 2011.
Doctors work on a baby who suffered cuts from shrapnel that blasted through the window of his home earlier in the morning during fighting in Misurata. April 18, 2011.
Foreign workers from Nigeria, Ghana, and other African countries pile in the back of a truck with their belongings trying to leave as the sun sets on the port in Misurata, Libya. Thousands of foreign workers and Libyans alike are trying to leave war-torn Misurata, as fighting continued between Libyan government forces and anti-government rebels. April 18, 2011
A rebel fighter signals to his comrades across Tripoli Street during street battles with Libyan government forces in downtown Misurata. April 18, 2011.
A rebel fighter points in the direction of a Libyan army sniper near Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 18, 2011.
Rebel fighters fire at government loyalist troops during street fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that rebel troops then surrounded. April 20, 2011.
Rebel fighters carefully move into a building where they had trapped government loyalist troops during street fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 20, 2011.
Rebel fighters move up a stairway where they had trapped government loyalist troops during street fighting. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge. April 20, 2011.
A Libyan rebel fighter quickly rounds a corner and fires on trapped government loyalist troops a few meters away during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misurata. April 20, 2011
A Libyan rebel fighter rolls a burning tire into a room containing ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street. April 20, 2011
A Libyan rebel fighter covers a burning room containing government loyalist troops who were firing on them during house-to-house fighting. April 20, 2011.
A Libyan rebel fighter celebrates as comrades fire on government loyalist troops who refused to surrender in a surrounded building (background) during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street. April 20, 2011.Libyan rebel forces fire a heavy rocket propelled grenade at a building holding government loyalist troops during street fighting on Tripoli Street. April 20, 2011.
Libyan rebel forces fire a heavy rocket propelled grenade at a building holding government loyalist troops during street fighting on Tripoli Street. April 20, 2011
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