Supreme court rulings on same-sex marriage cheered – in pictures

Michael Knaapen and his husband, John Becker, both of Wisconsin, react outside the US supreme court in Washington Photograph: James Lawler Duggan/Reuters

Edith Windsor takes in the news at the New York apartment of Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who argued hersuccessful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act Photograph: courtesy of Ariel Levy /newyorker.com

A demonstrator waves a flag while awaiting decisions early in the morning at the US supreme court in Washington Photograph: James Lawler Duggan/Reuters

Phyllis Lyon, who was one of the first same-sex couple to be married in San Francisco's 2008 gay marriages, is escorted by California Lt Gov Gavin Newsom (L) and San Francisco mayor Ed Lee during a rally Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Attorney David Boies (4th L), flanked by Jeff Zarrillo (2nd L), Paul Katami (3rd L), Sandy Stier (3rd R) and Kris Perry (2nd R) – the four plaintiffs in the case against California's gay marriage ban known as Prop 8 – celebrate with supporters on the steps of the supreme court in Washington Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Therese Stewart, the lead attorney on the Prop 8 marriage cases in the San Francisco, cheers during a news conference on the steps of the city hall in San Francisco Photograph: Jed Jacobsohn/Reuters

Plaintiff Paul Katami (C) delivers remarks beside plaintiff Jeffrey Zarrillo (L), attorney David Boies (2-L), plaintiff Sandy Stier (2-R) and plaintiff Kristen Perry (R) Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

A couple celebrates upon hearing the US supreme court's rulings on gay marriage in City Hall in San Francisco Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Patrons at the Stonewall Inn gather to hear the supreme court rulings in New York Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA

John Lewis gets a kiss from his partner, Stuart Gaffney, at City Hall in San Francisco after the supreme court cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP

Glennda Testone (C), executive director of the The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, celebrates with staff in New York Photograph: Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Couple Sue Rochman and Robin Romdalvik celebrate with their son Maddox Rochman-Romdalvik Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Gay rights supporters celebrate the news outside the supreme court in Washington Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

One Iowa Executive Director Donna Red Wing, right, tears up in Des Moines Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Martha Acevedo and Briana Castaneda celebrate the ruling after a watch party at Equality California Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images