A man observes the remains of destroyed vehicles and buildings in the town of Mpeketoni, about 60 miles from the Somali border on the coast of Kenya on Monday. Uncredited/AP hide caption
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This image from the FBI website shows Abu Anas al-Libi, who was captured in a U.S. operation on Saturday in Libya. AP hide caption
Friends and relatives of Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee Rosemary Wahito attended their funeral service Friday in Nairobi, Kenya. Mwangi, who was Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's nephew, and Wahito died in the Westgate Mall attack. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
Kenyans watch Monday as a plume of black smoke rises over the Westgate Mall, scene of a terrorist attack that left more than 60 dead. Kenya is a crossroads in East Africa, has many links to the West and has sent troops into Somalia. For all these reasons, the country was targeted by Somalia's al-Shabab militia group. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption
Kenyan police officers take cover outside the Westgate mall in Nairobi on Monday. Simon Maina /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Heavy smoke rises from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday. The Somali militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
Kenyan soldiers outside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on Monday. Inside, attackers had killed dozens of shoppers, wounded more and it was feared they also had hostages. Daniel Irungu /EPA/Landov hide caption
A wounded man stands at the scene of the explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, earlier today.
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