Residents leave the city carrying their belongings in the aftermath of the opposition's takeover of Hama, Syria | AP
An "I Love Hama" sign has been repainted in the colours of Syria's opposition flag, in Hama, after anti government fighters captured the city | AFP
Anti government fighters gesture as they check a Syrian army jet after they took over a military airbase near the central city of Hama | AFP
A man holds the hand of a child as they walk in a street after anti-government fighters captured the central Syrian city of Hama | AFP
This aerial picture shows a bullet-riddled portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad adorning Hama's municipality building after it was defaced following the capture of the city by anti government fighters | AFP
Syrian anti-government fighters celebrate as they pour into the captured central-west city of Hama | AFP