Picture gallery: Elian returns home

Shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez was greeted by cheering crowds when he returned to Cuba while in the Cuban exile community in Miami, there were tears and protests.

Relatives and schoolmates of Elian cheer as the plane touches down in Havana's Jose Marti airport

Elian's grandfather, Juan Gonzalez, gives the boy a kiss

Elian's grandfather tells him to wave to crowds as his great-grandmother, Ramona Garrido, looks on

Elian waves to cheering crowds in Havana as he leave the airport

Juan Gonzalez speaks to the press before leaving the US as his lawyer Greg Craig listens

Elian waves from a lounge in Dulles International Airport shortly before leaving the US

Olga Garcia, who camped daily outside the home of Elian's Miami relatives, cries upon hearing Elian is to return home

Cuban-American Moises Hernandez protests outside Miami's federal courthouse