Cyprus crossing

A Turkish soldier opens a door from a temporary wall at Ledra Street by the UN buffer zone on the Turkish-Cypriot side of Nicosia Photograph: Petros Karadijas/AP

Two nuns look at the changed view of the lower part of Ledra Street in Nicosia, Cyprus Photograph: Katia Christodoulou/EPA

Cypriot soldiers remove parts of the barrier Photograph: Petros Karaddijas/AP

Workers remove the barrier at the end of Ledra Street Photograph: Alex Mita/AFP

Ozdil Nami, senior aide to Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, centre right, shakes hands with George Iakovou, left, senior aide to Cypriot president Dimitris Christofias Photograph: Philippos Christou/AP

Turkish Cypriots gather on Ledra Street during the opening ceremony of the Lokmaci crossing point Photograph: Birol Bebek/Getty

Cemal Bulutoglulari (second on the left), mayor of the Turkish-occupied north of Nicosia, and Cypriot presidential commissoner George Yiacovou (second on the right) release coloured balloons into the sky Photograph: Alex Mita/AFP

The first Greek Cypriots crossing from south to north show Turkish officials their ID cards after the opening ceremony Photograph: Birol Bebek /AFP

Greek Cypriots cross Ledra Street Photograph: Petros Karadijas/AP