Video image released by Iraqi state television shows Saddam Hussein's guards wearing ski masks and placing a noose around the deposed leader's neck moments before his execution. Photograph: AP
Shia Badr forces in the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City cheer the news of Saddam's execution early this morning. Photograph: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP
Iraqis demonstrate to protest the execution of the former Iraqi president in his hometown, Sunni Muslim-dominated Tikrit. Photograph: Bassim Daham/AP
Iraqis in Shia Muslim Sadr City district of Baghdad celebrate after hearing news of the
execution in. Photograph: Karim Kadim.AP
Iraqi soldiers guard a street in the northern city of Kirkuk following the news of the
execution early this morning. Photograph: Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty
An Iraqi boy watches a TV set in a tavern in Baghdad as state TV transmits a video of the execution. Photograph: Adil al-Khazali/AP
Shia Muslim Iraqis in Najaf carry religious flags and a picture of Shia cleric Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq party as they celebrate after hearing news of the execution.
Photograph: Saad Serhan/Getty Images
A member of the Iraqi special police forces smiles in the southern port city of Basra celebrate upon hearing news the execution. Photograph: Essam al-Sudani/AFP
