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Osama bin Laden's compound one year on – in pictures

Abbottabad one year on: A boy tries to break a concrete block
A boy tries to break a concrete block as he and other children look for iron at the demolished compound Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: A Pakistani girl holds an umbrella while she and her father herd sheep
A girl holds an umbrella while she and her father herd sheep near the site of the demolished compound Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: Barber lights his shop with a lamp in a power cut, while shaving a customer
Mohammed Arif, 35, lights his barber shop with a lamp while shaving a customer during a power cut Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: A man exercises in a gym in Abbottabad
A man exercises in a gym in Abbottabad Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Abbottabad one year on: Residents offer Friday prayers in an open yard of the Jamia Masjid Mandian
Residents offer Friday prayers in Abbottabad Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Abbottabad one year on: A boy guides his sheep past the demolished site of the compound
A boy guides sheep past the site of the demolished compound Photograph: Mian Khursheed/Reuters
Abbottabad one year on: A Pakistani girl washes vegetables at the site of the demolished compound
A girl washes vegetables at the site of the demolished compound Photograph: Sajjad Qayyum/AFP/Getty Images
Abbottabad one year on: Men walk on the edge of the flooded road toward the demolished compound
Men walk along the edge of a flooded road Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: Boys attend a madrassa, or Islamic school
Boys attend a madrasa near the demolished compound Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: A man looks at a board outside the Taj Mahal cinema
A man looks at a board displaying advertisements for a movie outside the Taj Mahal cinema in Abbottabad Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: A shepherd leads his livestock along a road
A shepherd leads his livestock along a road Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: Schoolgirls walk by municipality workers fixing electrical wires
Schoolgirls walk by workers fixing cables Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abbottabad one year on: A woman and a girl walk through a field next to the demolished house
A woman and a girl walk through a field Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
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