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Celebrations over bin Laden's death in the U.S. (28 images)

As the news trickled out via social media and increasing press reports, celebratory crowds began to grow in front of the White House and at Ground Zero, cheering the death of the formerly elusive terrorist leader.



Hundreds celebrate the news Al-Qaida terror leader Osama bin Laden is dead in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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A young Muslim man prays as thousands celebrate the news that Al-Qaida terror leader Osama bin Laden is dead in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2011. At 11.35 tonight President Obama announced "the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children." UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Ray Maldonado holds up a sign at the site of the former Twin Towers hours after Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. Navy Seals almost 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in New York on May 2, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo
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Tourists line up for pictures in front of an American Flag after the news of the death of Osama bin Laden in front of the White House on May 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. The al-Qaida chief was killed by U.S. Nave SEALS in a special forces operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 1, 2011. UPI/Pat Benic
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