Former US president Jimmy Carter has died at the aged 100,
Mr Carter, a Democrat, became the 39th US president when he defeated former president Gerald Ford in 1976.
The Georgia native served a single term as president and was defeated by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980.
The final year of his administration was dominated by a hostage crisis in Iran, when 52 Americans were taken captive at the US embassy in November 1979.
On the day he left office, 20 January 1981, the hostages were released. Carter had continued negotiations behind the scenes, even after his election defeat.
In 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to avoid conflict around the world.
