Photos: Celebrations in Libya
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Photos: Celebrations in Libya

Updated 2056 GMT (0456 HKT) October 21, 2011
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Libyan National Transitional Council fighters celebrate in the streets of Tripoli after news of Moammar Gadhafi's capture in Sirte on Thursday, October 20. AFP/Getty Images
NTC fighters hold what they say is the ousted Libyan leader's gold-plated gun Thursday. AFP/Getty Images
Libyans waving NTC flags celebrate in the streets of Tripoli on Thursday after news of Moammar Gadhafi's capture. AFP/Getty Images
Libyans wave their new national flag as they celebrate in Tripoli. Interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told reporters Thursday that Gadhafi had been killed. AFP/Getty Images
Libyans wave their new national flag as they celebrate in the streets of Tripoli after news of Gadhafi's capture. AFP/Getty Images
Libyan children wave NTC flags in Tripoli. "Libya is now under the full control of National Transitional Council forces," Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, said Thursday. AFP/Getty Images
Libyan National Transitional Council fighters celebrate atop a tank in the coastal city of Sirte on Thursday. AFP/Getty Images
Libyan NTC fighters are congratulated Thursday during celebrations in the streets of Tripoli after news of Moammar Gadhafi's capture. AFP/Getty Images
Young Libyan women celebrate with an NTC flag Thursday as they join others in the streets of Tripoli. AFP/Getty Images