The cult of Muammar Gaddafi - in pictures

Wristwatches with a picture of Colonel Gaddafi on them were popular tourist souvenirs in Tripoli Photograph: Robert J Preston/Alamy

A man walks past a banner in Green Square, Tripoli in 2009 Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

A postage stamp in 2000 portrays Gaddafi as a leader in promoting new technologies Photograph: Reza/Getty Images

A man sells souvenirs in Tripoli, in August Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

A carpet with a picture of Muammar Gaddafi lies in a street in Sirte Photograph: Saad Shalash/Reuters

A portrait of Gaddafi is displayed on the side of a building in Tripoli in 2000 Photograph: Reza/Getty Images

A man holds up a poster of Gaddafi, one of several distributed among a crowd gathered to view a burning fuel truck, in Tripoli. The posters were distributed when journalists turned up at the scene Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters

A bullet-riddled mural depicting Gaddafi and reading 'The leader of victory and challenge' in Tripoli in August Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Delegates walk in front of a framed carpet showing Gaddafi during the African Union meeting in Sirte in 2005 Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

A worker builds a wooden podium in front of a large poster of Gaddafi in Green Square in Tripoli in 2007 Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

A flag featuring a portrait of Gaddafi hangs in a deserted arcade in downtown Tripoli in 2004, at the start of the holy month of Ramadan Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images

Rebel fighters trample on the head of a statue of Gaddafi inside the leader's former compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli in August Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP

A picture of Gaddafi in ashes in downtown Sirte, Libya Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP