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Thousands of Liberians have died during ten years of civil conflict, and many more during the summer siege of 2003, joined by these men buried in a mass grave on the day 66 were layed to rest.

Bullet casing carpet a street in Monrovia where fighting was heaviest between government and rebel soldiers. Ammunition flowed into Liberia from some neighboring countries.

The body of civilian Mohammed Diallo, 39, killed by a stray bullet,is transported to the cemetary by wheelbarrel. The cost of gas rose to $30 per gallon during the siege of Monrovia.

A soldier cries for his mortally wounded comrade who died in his arms after a frontline offensive, as government soldiers fought to take back territory lost to rebels.

A LURD rebel soldier reprimands a looter on Aug. 5th in the Monrovia port business district where government police don't exist and the law is under rebel control.

Kinney Kanneh, age 9, was wounded when mortar rounds landed in a Monrovia refugee camp run by the American embassy. Refugees descended on the capital to avoid violence, but it followed them to the city.

Unable to find food staples, like rice, in government held areas, thousands of Liberians take back routes through swampland to get what food they can in rebel controlled territory then wade home carrying the goods.

A man killed in overnight fighting is left behind by a resident of Monrovia who runs to avoid being hit by gunfire as rebel forces push closer to the city center.

Women run for cover as the sound of heavy gunfire bounces off of the buildings and homes in downtown Monrovia where rebel and government soldiers fight for control of the country.

Liberians had long been forgotten by the outside world as a bloody civil war terrorized the civilian population for much of the past decade. For a brief moment in 2003, the world's attention took note as government and rebel malitias fought for…