In pictures: Kenya mall siege enters third day
Two photo journalists take cover outside the Westgate Mall after heavy shooting started inside the mall Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.Sayyid Azim/The Associated Press
Armed police from the General Service Unit take cover behind a wall during a bout of gunfire, outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.Ben Curtis/The Associated Press
Kenya security forces are seen behind a wall outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Monday morning, Sept. 23, 2013. Kenya's military launched a major operation at the upscale Nairobi mall and said it had rescued "most" of the hostages being held captive by al-Qaeda-linked militants.Jerome Delay/The Associated Press
Kenya security forces are seen behind a wall outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Monday morning, Sept. 23, 2013.Jerome Delay/The Associated Press
Onlookers gather on a hill to observe the Westgate Mall after a bout of heavy gunfire just after dawn in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.Ben Curtis/The Associated Press
Soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) are seen entering the Westgate Shopping Centre in the capital Nairobi, September 23, 2013.THOMAS MUKOYA/Reuters
A truck of security forces arrives at the Westgate Mall after a bout of heavy gunfire just after dawn in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.Ben Curtis/The Associated Press
A plume of black smoke billows over the Westgate Mall, in Nairobi, Sept. 23, 2013. Multiple large blasts have rocked the mall where a hostage siege is in its third day.Jonathan Kalan/The Associated Press
A security officer gestures as smoke rises from Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi following a string of explosions during the third day of a stand-off between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building September 23, 2013.STRINGER/Reuters
Smoke rises from Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi following a string of explosions during the third day of a stand-off between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building September 23, 2013.STRINGER/Reuters
Police officers take cover following a string of explosions from Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, during the third day of a stand off between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building September 23, 2013.STRINGER/Reuters
People and cars are turned back from a back street after a series of explosions and gun fire within the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, September 23, 2013.NOOR KHAMIS/Reuters
Kenyan soldiers are seen on an upper floor balcony of the Westgate Mall following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Sept. 23, 2013.Jonathan Kalan/The Associated Press
A Kenyan police security officer runs for cover as heavy smoke rises from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Sept. 23, 2013.Jerome Delay/The Associated Press
People watch from a distance as thick smoke billows after a series of explosions and gun fire within the Westgate Mall, in the capital Nairobi, September 23, 2013.NOOR KHAMIS/Reuters
Fire engines and armoured military vehicles are pictured in front of Westgate shopping centre after explosions at the mall in Nairobi, September 23, 2013.NOOR KHAMIS/Reuters
Kenya Defence Forces soldiers take cover behind a wall near the Westgate shopping centre after an exchange of gunfire inside the mall in Nairobi September 23, 2013. Thick smoke poured from the besieged Nairobi mall where Kenyan officials said their forces were closing in on Islamists holding hostages on Monday, three days after a raid by Somalia's al Shabaab killed at least 62 people.NOOR KHAMIS/Reuters
Kenyan security personnel and journalists duck behind a vehicle as heavy gunfire erupts from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi Kenya Monday Sept. 23 2013. Multiple large blasts have rocked the mall where a hostage siege is in its third day.Jerome Delay/The Associated Press
Kenyan security personnel wave at bystanders to take cover as heavy gunfire erupts from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi Kenya Monday Sept. 23 2013.Jerome Delay/The Associated Press