An armed private citizen passes in front of burning cars minutes after a second explosion at the entrance of the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
A bloody handprint is seen in the kitchen of the restaurant where a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on the terrace of the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
Security forces enter the building attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya in an attempt to neutralise armed gunmen and rescue people trapped in the crossfire.
Kenyan security forces help people to escape amidst gunfire from upper levels of the office buildings after bomb blasts from the office block attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
A member of the Kenyan security forces surveys the courtyard and terrace of the restaurant amidst ongoing gunfire exchanges after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device inside the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
A security officer takes cover from gunfire in the building attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
People who had been hiding in ancillary storage rooms after the two bomb blasts wait in a stairwell to be evacuated amidst gunfire and grenades at the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
Auxiliary staff who hid in the basement carpark after the two bomb blasts wait to be searched by Kenyan security forces before they can be evacuated at the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenyan security forces help people to escape amidst gunfire from upper levels of the office buildings after bomb blasts from the office block attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
Police officers secure the building attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
After hiding for hours following the bomb blasts, people are evacuated from their offices by security forces amidst gunfire from the office block attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
A police officer (L) helps people to escape a building amidst gunfire a few hours after the bomb blasts from the office block attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
A police officer patrols a building searching for hiding civilians waiting to be rescued in a lull between gun battles at the DusitD2 hotel and office complex in Nairobi, Kenya.
A woman cries as she is reunited with family after being evacuated from the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya where she hid for over 8 hours after armed gunmen detonated two bombs and went on a killing spree.