Terror attacks in Mumbai

Employees and guests use curtains to escape the Taj Mahal hotel Photograph: Lorenzo Tugnoli/AFP/Getty Images

Fire engulfs the top floor of the Taj hotel Photograph: Lorenzo Tugnoli /AFP/Getty Images

A man uses hotel curtains to climb down from the Taj Photograph: Lorenzo Tugnoli/AFP/Getty Images

Firefighters battle the flames at the Taj Photograph: EPA

Indian army snipers climb up scaffolding on the Gateway of India opposite the Taj Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

A suspected terrorist with a rifle outside the Chatrapati Shivaji railway station Photograph: AP

A gunman walks through the Chatrapathi Sivaji station Photograph: Sebastian D'souza/AP/Mumbai Mirror

A policeman escorts a survivor out of the Chatrapati Shivaji station Photograph: /AP

The aftermath of a blast in Colaba market Photograph: Gautam Singh/AP

The scene of the Colaba attack Photograph: Gautam Singh/AP

A policeman gives water to an injured child Photograph: /Reuters

A military commando watches an apartment in Colaba where suspected gunmen took a family hostage Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

A live hand grenade lies on the road near the Taj hotel Photograph: /Reuters

A man is consoled outside St George's hospital Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

Soldiers carry an injured colleague out of the Taj Photograph: Pal Pillai/AFP/Getty Images

A survivor sits outside the Taj Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

Security staff stand guard during an exchange of fire between the police and terrorists Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

A foreign hostage held by gunmen for nearly 24 hours is released from the Oberoi hotel Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Two foreign hostages after their release Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images