Nearly a century after it was first erected - and almost four years after it sparked a deadly weekend of violence in the US city of Charlottesville, Virginia - the statue of Robert E Lee has been removed.
The city’s council say it is a step towards racial justice.
Onlookers, including Black Lives Matter supporters, cheered - as the figure of the confederate general was pulled down from its pedestal.

Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher reports from the US capital, Washington, DC.

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