Mumbai Blast In Pics

Firefighters arrive at the Taj Mahal hotel as a blaze engulfs the top floor.



Firefighters battle a blaze at the Taj Mahal hotel that broke out after police and gunmen exchanged gunfire.



A blast damaged a section of downtown.




Employees and guests use curtains to flee the Taj Mahal hotel.




A policeman takes cover in the Colaba area of south Mumbai after hearing gunshots.




Guests of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel comfort each other in an ambulance after they were rescued.



Onlookers gather at a blast site near the airport in Mumbai, location of one of at least seven attacks in India's financial capital. Officials said teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 200.




Commandos secure an area near an apartment where gunmen were believed to be holding a family hostage in Mumbai.



Far Pavilion
Police look on as smoke rises from Mumbai's iconic Taj Mahal Hotel in the historic south of the city after terrorists stormed the building on Nov. 26.



Sentinel
An Indian soldier stands watch by a window of the five-star Taj hotel on Nov. 27
after security forces moved in over night.



Taking Cover
Reporters and bystanders duck as gunshots echo from the nearby Taj hotel.



Line of Defense
Tourists and Mumbaikars both crouch as shots ring out from the Taj, the city's most famous hotel.



Fiery Night
Flames shoots out of the old wing of the Taj hotel. Suspected terrorists
carried grenades and AK-47s, among other weapons.



Guests and staff at the Taj use curtains to flee the hotel after fire engulfed its top floor.



Public Defenders



Closing Time
Debris lines the streets in the Colaba area of Mumbai, a posh district of cafes
and restaurants popular with tourists and the wealthy.



Sanctuary
Victims filled beds at St. George's hospital as worried family members crowded in — there were reports of shooting outside another prominent medical facility, Cama hospital.



People's Ambulance
As pandemonium gripped the city, residents rushed the wounded to hospital.



Security forces personnel watch as a fire rages in the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai.



Security personnel take positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel.



A suspected terrorist gunman walks through the train station in Mumbai.