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After nearly six decades in power, the Castro brothers' era finally came to an end with Raúl Castro stepping down as President of Cuba and symbolically marking the end of a regime started by his brother Fidel Castro in 1959.

Click on this gallery to see some of the most iconic pictures of the almost 60 years of the Castro regime.

▲Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara at a conference in Havana. The photo is undated.

▲Fidel Castro and Malcolm X at Hotel Theresa in New York.

▲Fidel Castro in a public trial over a failed attempt of invading the Bay of Pigs.

▲Fidel Castro bats during a baseball inauguration game in Havana.

▲Yasser Arafat is welcomed by Fidel Castro during the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization's visit to Cuba.

▲Fidel Castro addresses the audience at a United Nations conference in New York.

▲Castro gives a speech in a theater in Odessa, which is currently part of the Ukrainian territory.

▲Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl stand next to Mikhail Gorbachev, during the Soviet leader's visit to Cuba.

▲Vladimir Putin and Fidel Castro at the welcoming ceremony during the Russian President's visit to Cuba.

▲Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, warmly welcomes Fidel Castro in Johannesburg.

▲Fidel and Raúl Castro look cheerful during a meeting in Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power.

▲Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, and Fidel Castro listen to the Cuban national anthem before a baseball game in Havana.

▲Maradona interviews Fidel Castro for a TV show. They both entertained the crew by playing with a soccer ball.

▲Former Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, visits Fidel Castro in hospital. Chavez was one of Castro's greatest allies.

▲The former Cuban president at a Mercosur conference in Cordoba, Argentina.

▲Raúl Castro, then leader of the Cuban armed forces, during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the attack on the presidential palace during the Fulgencio Batista regime.

▲In Caracas, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez gives Raúl Castro a replica of Simón Bolívar's sword. A painting of the historical political leader can be seen in the background.

▲Raúl Castro at a meeting in the Cuban National Assembly.

▲Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev helps Raúl Castro put on a jacket during his visit to Moscow.

▲Raúl Castro talks to Elián González. The youngster became famous in 1999 after being found on a boat adrift off the coast of Florida. He was still a child at the time.

▲Raúl Castro talks to Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón Labañino, and Antonio Guerrero in Havana. The three men were arrested in the United States after being accused of espionage.

▲Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro talks to his brother and then-leader Raúl during a Communist Party of Cuba conference.

▲Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and former Cuban President Raúl Castro greet each other during a conference in Caracas.

▲Raúl Castro welcomes Pope Francis during his visit to Cuba.

▲Former President of the United States, Barack Obama, greets former Cuban leader Raúl Castro on the second day of Obama's visit to Havana.

▲Barack Obama and Raúl Castro wave after a joint press conference held in Havana, Cuba.

▲The Obama family and Raúl Castro watch a baseball game in Havana.

▲Former Cuban President Raúl Castro greets Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, in Havana.

▲Raúl Castro, then President of Cuba, salutes before the place where the ashes of his brother are kept.

▲Raúl Castro observes while Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos (left) greets FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri.

▲Raúl Castro bows down to the crowd during the anniversary of the 1953 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.

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Raúl Castro smiles before speaking at the Cuban National Assembly.