The 40th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination

A man pays tribute at a make-shift memorial to the late US President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Across the United States last week, people came together to mark the 40th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination. Kennedy was gunned down on 22 November, 1963 as his motorcade made its way thorough Dallas's downtown core. 40 years have failed to quell the grief many Americans still feel over Kennedy's sudden death nor have they put to rest the controversy still surrounding the exact circumstances of his assassination. In the background at right is the former Texas School Book Depository, the building from which officials say the lone gunman in the murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired the deadly shots

(photo: AP)