A Tunisian civilian working at the French Embassy to Libya hugs a member of the French Foreign Affairs crisis center upon her arrival at the naval base in Toulon, southeastern France, on Friday after leaving the naval base of Tripoli following the evacuation from Libya of French and British citizens due to growing lawlessness and unrest. France has evacuated from Libya 40 French nationals, including the ambassador, along with seven British nationals, according to a French diplomatic source. Two weeks of fighting around Tripoli airport and between rival militias have killed scores of people and prompted several countries to urge their citizens to leave. Libya is descending into a civil war spiral that is "much worse" than the unrest that toppled its dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, residents fleeing the country said.

A stroller is unloaded from the British survey ship HMS Enterprise after docking on Monday in the Grand Harbor in Valletta, Malta, after evacuating 110 Britons from Libya, including 30 children, 12 infants, four pregnant women and one elderly and sick person, as worsening security there is forcing thousands to flee. Britain is also planning to temporarily suspend its embassy operations in the troubled north African country, the Foreign Office said.

Wency Ledesa shows a photo of an explosion at the back of their barracks in Benghazi. Ledesa is one of the 41 workers who arrived in Manila Monday as they flew home at government expense, but 11,000 still remain in Libya.

A man waves a Greek flag as Chinese nationals evacuated from Libya carry their luggage upon arrival from the Greek navy frigate Salamis at the port of Piraeus in Athens on Saturday.

Filipinos arrive in Manila Saturday. The Philippines urged its 13,000 workers in Libya on Saturday to leave while they still can. Photos: AFP