Libya celebrates the death of Gaddafi – in pictures

An anti-Gaddafi fighter holds a picture of Libya's ousted leader Photograph: Chine Nouvelle/Rex Features

Libyans in Tripoli celebrate Gaddafi's death Photograph: Chine Nouvelle/Rex Features

A fighter points to the drain where Muammar Gaddafi was hiding before he was captured in Sirte Photograph: Thaier Al-sudani/Reuters

Anti-Gaddafi fighters carry a young man holding what they claim is Muammar Gaddafi's gold-plated gun Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images

A National Transitional Council vehicle transports alleged pro-Gaddafi fighters Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images

NTC-aligned fighters celebrate in the streets of Tripoli Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-Gaddafi fighters celebrate in Sirte after learning of the dictator's capture and death Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

Women in Tripoli celebrate the fall of Sirte and the death of Muammar Gaddafi Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA

Libyans celebrate the death of the dictator Photograph: Chine Nouvelle/Rex Features

An anti-Gaddafi fighter reacts in Sirte Photograph: Guillem Valle/EPA

A Libyan man wears the national flag during celebrations in the streets of Tripoli Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Libyans in Tripoli celebrate with 'victory' signs Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA

Anti-Gaddafi fighters in a street with destroyed buildings in Sirte Photograph: Guillem Valle/EPA

On the streets of Tripoli Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

A fighter inspects the drain where Muammar Gaddafi is said to have been found in Sirte Photograph: David Sperry/AP

A Libyan girl carries a TV with a drawing of Gaddafi as Libyans gather for Friday prayers at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Women celebrate Gaddafi's death after Friday prayers in Tripoli Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Libyans gather around the body of Muammar Gaddafi and take pictures at the hospital in Misrata Photograph: Lopez Jean Baptiste/Rex Features

A street in the devastated area where Gaddafi was hiding in Sirte Photograph: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters

Revolutionary fighters stand near the bodies of Gaddafi loyalists killed in Sirte Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Libyans perform the Friday noon prayer in Tripoli's Martyrs Square Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Libyans participate in a mass celebration in Freedom Square in Misrata Photograph: Guillem Valle/EPA

Libyan children celebrate in the Souk El Juma district of Tripoli Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Revolutionary fighters coming back from Sirte are welcomed at al-Guwarsha gate in Benghazi Photograph: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters

A girl holds a picture of her brother who was killed by Gaddafi forces in recent clashes, after seeing the body Gaddafi in cold storage in Misrata Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Libyan men and children queue to have a look at the corpse of Gaddafi inside the cold storage room of a vegetable market on the outskirts of Misrata Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images