Potter latest goes on sale in US

July 21, 2007

Excitement mounted among Harry Potter fans worldwide Friday as the clock ticked down to the release of the last instalment of his adventures. With only hours to go before the 2301 GMT publication of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in most of the world, queues built up outside bookstores, bracing for a record demand for the seventh and final adventure. Images and soundbites from a bookshop in Bethesda, Maryland.