Farc release hostages in Colombia - in pictures

Former hostage Cesar Augusto Lasso Monsalve is escorted off the Brazilian military helicopter by a nurse on arrival in Villavicencio Photograph: Boris Heger/AFP/Getty Images Colombian police sergeant Cesar Augusto Lasso Monzalve (left) and army sergeant Luis Alfredo Moreno (right) wave after being released Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images Police sergeants Jose Libardo Forero (left) and Jorge Humberto Romero walk to freedom with a nurse ... and a pet peccary Photograph: Mauricio Duenas/EPA Colombian army personnel Luis Hernando Pena (centre) and Wilson Rojas Medina (right) wave on being released Photograph: Mauricio Duenas/EPA Colombian police officer Jorge Trujillo Solarte (left) and army sergeant Luis Alfonso Beltran Franco cross the tarmac Photograph: Xinhua Press/Corbis Policeman Jorge Romero arrives at the airport Photograph: Boris Heger/AP Former Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba greets a member of the Brazilian air crew Photograph: John Vizcaino/Reuters Crew members of the Brazilian army helicopter and International Red Cross members who helped bring the hostages to safety Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP Relatives of police and soldiers held hostage by Farc hold up signs with pictures of their loved ones during a mass in Villavicencio Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP People participate in a vigil after a mass at the Cathedral of Villavicencio Photograph: Mauricio Duenas/EPA