One Year After Osama Bin Laden's Death

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Before: Local residents look at the hideout of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 4, 2011.

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After: A general view of the same demolished compound on April 25, 2012, ahead of Osama bin Laden's first death anniversary. A year after Osama bin Laden died in a U.S. raid, Al-Qaeda keeps spreading its message of terror in Pakistan, analysts say, with splinter groups threatening the country's stability.

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A Pakistani shepherd leads his livestock along a road in Abbottabad, Pakistan. One year since U.S. commandos flew into this army town and killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan has tried to close one of the most notorious chapters in its history. The compound that housed him for six years was razed to the ground, and the wives and children who shared the hideaway were flown to Saudi Arabia just last week.

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A Pakistani boy tries to break a concrete block as he and other children look for iron from the demolished compound of Osama bin Laden, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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A Pakistani farmer works in his field near the site of the demolished compound of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in northern Abbottabad. A year after Osama bin Laden's death, little is known about what the Pakistani authorities knew of his presence, allowing wild theories about what "really" happened to him to flourish.

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Pakistani children play cricket at the site of the demolished compound of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

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Zain Mohammad, neighbor of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, feeds his goat near the site of the demolished compound.

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Pakistani police commandos stand guard outside a house where the family of late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's family members were held in Islamabad, Pakistan. After prolonged delays, the three widows and their children were transported to Saudi Arabia.

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A market in Abbottabad, Pakistan. One year after U.S. commandos flew into the army town and killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan has tried to close one of the most notorious chapters in its history.

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Local Pakistani boys gather at the site of the demolished compound of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in northern Abbottabad ahead of bin Laden's first death anniversary. The Pakistani intelligence services provided the United States with information that was helpful in learning more about the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, a U.S. official said on April 28.

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A Pakistani farmer harvests a wheat field on the outskirts of Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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