The Elian Gonzalez custody crisis

Cuba: Elian Gonzalez is shown with his mother, Elizabeth Brotons, in this image from CBS's '60 Minutes'. She died when the boat carrying them to the USA sank in November 1999. Photograph: Courtesy CBS "60 Minutes"/AP Photograph: Courtesy CBS/guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: Cuban shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez sits on his great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez's shoulders as he is greeted by supporters outside the home of his relatives in the Little Havana neighbourhood. Photograph: Rhona Wise/AFP Photograph: Rhona Wise/guardian.co.uk Havana, Cuba: a man walks with his baby past a poster calling for the repatriation of Elian Gonzalez. Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP Photograph: Adalberto Roque/guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: Elian Gonzalez swings between the Cuban and US flags in the backyard of his great-uncle's house in Little Havana. Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Cardenas, Cuba: young pupils at the school attended by six-year-old Elian Gonzalez hold up pictures of him. Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP Photograph: Adalberto Roque/guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: six-year-old Elian Gonzalez plays with his cousin Marisleysis in the backyard of her home in Little Havana. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: US agents storm the adopted home of Elian Gonzalez in a pre-dawn raid and snatch him from his relatives. Photograph: Marc Serota/Reuters Photograph: Marc Serota/guardian.co.uk Miama, USA: Elian Gonzalez, held by Donato Dalrymple – one of the fishermen who saved the boy from the sea – is taken by US federal agents from his relatives' home. Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: US agents remove Elian from his great-uncle's house before flying him to Andrews Air Force Base for a reunion with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez. Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: Cuban-American protesters set fires in the streets of Little Havana as hundreds go on the rampage after the federal raid to seize Elian Gonzalez. Photograph: Shaun Best/Reuters Photograph: Shaun Best/guardian.co.uk Maryland, USA: Elian Gonzalez, with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, his stepmother Nersy and half-brother Hianny. Photograph: David Burnett/AP Photograph: David Burnett/guardian.co.uk Washington, USA: Elian Gonzalez and his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, wave goodbye as they board a chartered jet for their return to Cuba. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/guardian.co.uk Havana, Cuba: Elian Gonzalez is cradled by his grandfather, Rolando Betancourt, following the six-year-old's arrival at Jose Marti International Airport. Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Havana, Cuba: Elian Gonzalez looks out at his fellow schoolchildren on his return to Havana. Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Cardenas, Cuba: President Fidel Castro looks on as Elian Gonzalez speaks into a microphone at his school in Cardenas, Cuba, during a party to celebrate his seventh birthday. Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP Photograph: Adalberto Roque/guardian.co.uk Cardenas, Cuba: Elian Gonzalez – on his 15th birthday – at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the "Battle of Ideas" campaign, in December 2008. Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: Delfin Gonzalez, Elian's great-uncle, at his family home where Elian stayed from November 1999 until April 2000. Photograph: Jeffrey M Boan Photograph: guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: Elian's room, now a museum and shrine to his brief stay in the US. Photograph: Jeffrey M Boan Photograph: guardian.co.uk Miami, USA: the door that was kicked in at Elian's room in his great-uncle's home, which has been left damaged as a reminder of the crisis. Photograph: Jeffrey M Boan Photograph: guardian.co.uk