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America celebrates the fall of its greatest enemy

Last updated on: May 2, 2011 11:38 IST

Photographs: Jim Young/Reuters

People cheer and wave US flags outside the White House as President Barack Obama delivers remarks to the nation on the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Photographs: Jim Young/Reuters

People cheer outside the White House over the death of Osama bin Laden in Washington.

Photographs: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Revelers stand on trees outside the gates of the White House after US President Barack Obama announced that US authorities have recovered the dead body of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Photographs: Jim Young/Reuters

People cheer outside the White House as President Barack Obama delivers remarks to the nation on the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Photographs: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

A woman sits on a reveler's shoulders outside the gates of the White House after US President Barack Obama announced that US authorities have recovered the dead body of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Photographs: Chip East/Reuters

A firefighter waves to the crowd as people celebrate -- after Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan -- during a spontaneous celebration in New York's Times Square.