Lybian People Still Struggle To Overcome Legacy Of Dictatorship Celebrating 1st Anniversary Of Gadhafi’s Fall

In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 photo, armed militiamen acting as security rush towards protesters shaking the gates to the compound of Libya’s parliament in Tripoli, Libya. One year on, the country is still trying to overcome the legacy of one of the most erratic leaders of modern times as well as a brutal eight month struggle that left the country awash in weapons, militias and very few viable institutions of the state.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 photo, two Libyan girls run with national flags in front of the destroyed remnants of deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi’s once feared Bab al-Aziziyah compound on the anniversary of his fall in Tripoli, Libya.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 photo, a Libyan family in Tripoli walk by a mural exhibition celebrating one year since the fall of dictator Muammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, Libya. <AP Photo/Paul Schemm>