The following pictures were taken by the Associated Press and Reuters photographers , under extremely difficult and dangerous conditions.

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A Hezbollah Shiite gunman fixes a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad as he steps on the pictures of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, at a seized office belonging to the Future Movement ( Al Mustaqbal) during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)

A Hezbollah Shiite gunman fixes a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, as he steps near pictures of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, after an office belonging to the Future movement was seized during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

A woman walks past a recently put up poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the entrance of a Future group office in the Rass al-Naba'a area which was seized by Hezbollah Shiite gunmen during clashes in Beirut May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON)

A man crosses a street past a wall where Hezbollah Shiite gunmen recently put up posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Bchara al-Khoury area in Beirut May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON)

A Hezbollah Shiite gunman poses in front of a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he put up after taking over an office of the Future group loyal to Saad al-Hariri, the Parliament Majority leader, in the Rass al-Naba'a area in Beirut May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON)

People check the damage in their neighborhood as a motorcycle is seen burnt out, left, near a building belonging to the Future Movement where Hezbollah gunmen put a picture of President Bashar Assad, right, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)