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Friday, June 18, 1999 Published at 20:24 GMT 21:24 UK

 World: Europe

Picture gallery: Serbs flee Kosovo

 An estimated 40,000 Serbs have fled Kosovo, fearing reprisals from the Kosovo Liberation Army and returning refugees.
Serb refugees are leaving their homes and most of their possessions behind.
In the south of the province, American K-For soldiers protect the Serbs while they wait for trains.
Occasionally, K-For has to deal with Serb snipers who have stayed behind.
Nato soldiers make sure Serb security forces comply with the agreement to withdraw.
Ethnic Albanians wave goodbye to Serb soldiers in Podujevo - glad to see them go.
British K-For Colonel Richard Linski assures Serb Patriarch Pavle and Montenegro Patriarch Radovic that K-For will protect Serbs as well as Albanians.
In Pec, houses are burning and about 200 Serbs have sought refuge in the local monastery.

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