Libyans shop at a patisserie and butchery in Tripoli as the government provides improved electricity service, bringing renewed energy to the capital after years of conflict and power cuts. Until last year, the daily lives of Libyans since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 had been shaped by chronic electricity shortages -- caused by dilapidated infrastructure and made worse by a decade of stop-start fighting between myriad rival militias, foreign powers and multiple governments vying for influence. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES