White House crowds celebrate Bin Laden's death - in pictures

People gather outside the White House chanting and singing the Star-Spangled Banner following President Obama's announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden.
Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A crowd of hundreds of people gather in Times Square, New York, to cheer the news of the death of the al-Qaida leader Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

Actor Rob Lowe joins New York City firefighters in Times Square celebrating the news Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

Times Square crowds Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

People gather in Times Square shortly after the announcement that Osama bin Laden was dead Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Arab-Americans celebrate the news in Dearborn, Michigan Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP

Crowds gather outside the White House Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Students gather at the White House and pose for photographs Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

US marines of Regiment Combat Team 1 watch President Obama's announcement at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province, Afghanistan Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images

Revellers outside the White House Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

People light candles at Ground Zero, in New York Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Celebrations on a road near the White House
Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Servicemen hang off a lamppost as thousands of people celebrate in the streets at Ground Zero Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

People pay their respects to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Flying the flag outside the White House Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

A woman looks at the names of victims etched on the memorial to Massachusetts victims of the 9/11 attacks in Boston, Massachusetts Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

A woman at a memorial in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, reaches up to touch the name of her daughter, Lindsay Stapleton Morehouse, who was killed in the 9/11 attacks Photograph: Lannis Waters/The Palm Beach Post/AP