New York Mayor Eric Adams was part of a throng police officials who met Mr Mangione's chopper when it landed in Manhattan.

Thousands of Syrians have thronged the streets of the capital, Damascus, and other cities to celebrate the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Among them were citizens who had traveled from hours away and college students studying for exams in the throng while keeping one eye on the news.

A vast throng, mainly women of all ages, some cradling children, fill the vast field.

Larraín allows himself the occasional visual thrill, say a throng of Parisians suddenly assembling into a chorus.