2 May 2011 Last updated at 17:40

In pictures: World reaction to Bin Laden death

Crowds started gathering at Ground Zero in New York City - site of the World Trade Center destroyed in the 9/11 attacks - as news broke that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan.

Man holds up iPad displaying Obama - one, Osama - nil

Some New Yorkers celebrated long into the night.

Crowd outside White House in Washington, DC

There was jubilation, too, outside the White House. After US TV networks broke the news, crowds gathered even before President Obama officially announced the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed.

Mother reaches to touch 9/11 memorial plaque

In Palm Beach, Florida, Kathy Maycen reached out to touch the name of her daughter, Lindsay Stapleton Morehouse, on a memorial to victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Screen grab from FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists webpage

The FBI has updated its website to say that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. His deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, remains at large.

News flash of Osama Bin Laden's death on TV screen in a Seoul, South Korea, railway station

The news was flashed around the world on satellite channels, as in this railway station in Seoul, South Korea.

Worker cleans floor of shop as TV channels report killing of Osama Bin Laden

There was wall-to-wall coverage at this shop in Mumbai, India.

US military in Kandahar, Afghanistan, watch TV report of Bin Laden death

US military personnel in Afghanistan watched the president's announcement at Kandahar airfield.

Pakistanis in the southern city of Karachi buy newspapers reporting the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden

People in Karachi, in southern Pakistan, read a newspaper account of the operation in the north of their country to kill the al-Qaeda leader.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, (C), flanked by Vice-Presidents Mohammed Qasim Fahim (L) and Mohammed Karim Khalili (R) as he addresses the media at the Presidential Palace in Kabul

In neighbouring Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said Bin Laden's death proved that "the war against terrorism is... not in Afghanistan".

A man looks at the closing figures of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on 2 May 2011

The US dollar rebounded and stock markets rose in Asia and Europe on the news. Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed above 10,000 points for the first time since Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster.

The US has stepped up security at its embassies and consulates around the world, anticipating al-Qaeda reprisal attacks.

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture to mark the death of Bin Laden at the golden sea beach at Puri, Orissa, India.

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In pictures: World reaction to Bin Laden death

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