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Long Story Bit By Bit: Liberia Retold

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Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) fighters mortar government positions while civilians flee. Monrovia, Liberia. June 26, 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Rain clouds gather over the forest. Near Fish Town, Liberia. June, 2005. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit A member of the Anti-Aircraft brigade exchanges a brief tender word with his girlfriend during a heavy fighting in the capital. Monrovia, Liberia. June 25, 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit LURD fighters march in street. Monrovia, Liberia 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Civilian looters flee as LURD rebels fire on them to stop them from looting during the attack on the capital. Monrovia, Liberia. June 25, 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Child runs along road. Liberia. 2006. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Young rebel fighter and hand grenade. Tubmanburg, Liberia. June 16, 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit LURD forces with truck. Liberia. 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Young male fighter shows off his nail polish. Tubmanburg, Liberia. June, 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit A corpse lay by the roadside. Liberia. 2003. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit War graffiti left during the various parts of the Liberian civil war. Liberia. 2004. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Liberians trapped on the Guinean-Malian border, having fled Liberia during the war, are met by relatives on their return home. Monrovia, Liberia. April, 2004. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington LIBERIA. Monrovia. June 25th, 2003. LURD fighters pose for the camera at the forward base in the Monrovian district of Duala. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington LIBERIA. Tubmanburg. June 2003. A bombed-out window in the derelict central hospital of Tubmanburg reveals the green bush of the countryside. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Matren Ondraka from the Czec Republic trains new recruits to the LNP in riot control as part of the United Nations Civilian Police restructuring plan. Monrovia, Liberia. May, 2004. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Women married to fighters from LURD bring rockets and ammunition to a UN disarmament point. Tubmanburg, Liberia. 2004. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Weaponry handed in during the UN disarmament programme is broken down at the UN Star base headquarters. Monrovia, Liberia. May, 2004. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Long Story Bit By Bit Ex-combatant who was recruited to fight for Charles Taylor's forces poses for a portrait. He was caught during the fighting by LURD rebel forces, who cut his hands off and sent him back to the capi (...)