TERRORISTS ATTACK THE MOSCOW METRO

Suppressing Terror

Russian emergency workers carry a victim's body out of the Lubyanka metro station. At a meeting with senior officials, President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to uphold the "policy of suppressing terror and the fight against terrorism. We will continue operations against terrorists without compromises and to the end," he said.

Culture Clash

Ambulances are parked near one of the entrances to the Park Kultury (Park of Culture) subway station. Better known as the Metro, Moscow's subway system is one of the world's most extensive and well-managed, carrying as many as 10 million people a day.

Drawing the Line

Police stand next to a map of the Moscow metro transport system. 24 people died in the first blast at around 8.00am local time as a train stood at the central Lubyanka station, beneath the offices of the FSB (Federal Security Services) intelligence agency. Roughly 40 minutes later, a second explosion ripped through a train at Park Kultury, leaving another 13 dead. Officials suspect that the first attack was intended as a message to the security services, which have led the crackdown on Islamic extremism in Chechnya and other parts of the Caucasus region in southern Russia.

On the Move

Russian riot police run near the Lubyanka metro station in Moscow on March 29, 2010 after two explosions during the early morning rush hour in metro stations killed dozens of people. Russian intelligence said it was likely a group from the North Caucasus was responsible and that two women carried out the attack.

AS WE ARE

Police officers stand next to brand new police cars, Taiwan

Taking a little nap...Seoul

A swimmer gets into a river in China

Celebrating the 9th anniversary of " Subway No pants day" NY

A lonely homeowner refuses to move until he gets more money. China

Indian musicians perform in Sidney, Australia

Thai elephants collect money for Haitiians survivors

Jumping over the fire to celebrate Saint Anthony the Patron Saint of Animals, Spain

Lotto winners kiss among colorful plastic balls to celebrate in NY

Villagers are pinned down by a bull in a festival in India

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

A balloon vendor sells heart shape balloons for Valentine's Day in Pakistan

THE WEEK IN PHOTOGRAPHS

Don't Anybody Sneeze

In Macao, Bryan Berg breaks the world record for the largest house of freestanding cards with his replica of the Venetian Macao.

Never Doing THAT Again Athletes recover after finishing the women's Biathlon 7.5km Sprint at the Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Armored Carnival-goers pass through the center of Maastricht, Netherlands.

Powerful Bite A serviceman holds a desk by his teeth at a military show in Vladivostok, Russia during a celebration for Defender of the Fatherland Day.

Reanimated People dressed as zombies take part in a zombie parade ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Defused A Pakistani security official removes an explosive device from the body of a would-be suicide bomber at a police station in Mansehra, Pakistan. Police gunned down the would-be bomber as he tried to force his way into the police station.

Illicit Police officers walk amidst seized marijuana packages in Santander de Quilichao, Colombia.
Ancient Lights The 3200-year-old Abu Simbel temple is dramatized during a daily sound and light show on the eve of the anniversary of pharaoh king Ramses II's coronation.

Lighter Than Hair
In Jerusalem, Jewish orthodox men take a walk in the Mea Shearim neighborhood while wearing costumes in celebration of Purim.

Don't Try This At Home
In Mexico, a diver fends off a Great White shark, then, in a moment of thrill-seeking insanity, puts his hand into the shark's mouth.

Mighty Duck

An employee of the Castle Neuhardenberg museum holds a portrait of German Chancellor Angela Merkel painted by artist, Ommo Wille. The painting is part of a larger exhibit entitled, DUCKOMENTA.

INDIA'S HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLORS

Workers clean the remnants of Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari Temple on Saturday.

A girl reacts during the celebrations of Holi in the southern city of Hyderabad on Monday.

Girls smeared with colored powder react as they celebrate Holi in the southern Indian city of Chennai Monday.

Visually impaired children play with colored water during Holi festivities at a school for the blind in Hyderabad on Monday.

Men and women take part in huranga, a game played between men and women a day after Holi, in Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura on Tuesday.

An Indian woman smeared with colors and water dances as she celebrates the Holi festival in Mumbai on Monday.

People, their faces smeared with colored powder, pose for a photograph during Holi festivities in Gauhati, India, Monday.

Hindu devotees play with color during celebrations of Holi, the Festival of Colors, in the streets near the Bankey Bihari Temple on Monday in Vrindavan, India. The festival is meant to welcome spring and win the blessings of gods for good harvests and fertility of the land. The tradition of playing with colors on Holi draws its roots from a legend of Radha and the Hindu god Krishna. It is believed that young Krishna was jealous of Radha's fair complexion. Krishna questioned his mother Yashoda on the darkness of his own complexion. Yashoda teasingly asked him to color Radha's face in whichever color he wanted. The tradition of applying color on one's beloved is being religiously followed to this date.