The Frame: Mumbai tries to recover

Authorities finished removing bodies from the bullet- and grenade-scarred Taj Mahal hotel Monday, the final site of the Mumbai siege to be cleared, as schools and businesses reopened and commuters returned to work. The crowded, bustling financial capital, wracked by three days bloodshed, slowly began pulling itself back together as a once-besieged restaurant reopened its doors and Indians mourned their dead.
Around the world, communities reacted on Sunday to the three-day siege of Mumbai. In Washington, President Bush dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to New Delhi to offer support to India. About 300 people carrying signs reading "Democracies against terror" attended a San Francisco vigil for the victims. At a Hindu temple in Colorado, a priest offered prayers for the victims. -- wire service reports (18 images)

Residents of Mumbai, India, marched on Sunday night, Nov. 30, in honor of the victims of last week's attacks. India's highest-ranking security official resigned on Sunday, as the government began to reckon with the fallout from a three-day standoff with militants that raised troubling questions about India's vulnerability to terrorism. The New York Times / Ruth Fremson

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A resident of Mumbai attends a candle light ceremony and a protest on Sunday, Nov. 30, after attacks on the city killed more than 174. The death toll was revised down Sunday from 195 after authorities said some bodies were counted twice, but they said it could rise again as areas of the Taj Mahal were still being searched. Among the dead were 18 foreigners, including six Americans. Nine gunmen were killed. AP/ David Guttenfelder

An Indian Catholic Christian woman prays following a Sunday Mass, at the Cathedral of the Holy Name, in Mumbai, India, Sunday Nov. 30. A day after the siege ended, authorities were still removing victims bodies from the Taj Mahal hotel, where three suspected Muslim militants made a last stand before Indian commandos killed them in a blaze of gunfire and explosions. India's top security official resigned Sunday as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following terror attacks that killed 174 people. AP/ Lefteris Pitarakis

A Hindu priest prepares to lead a prayer to mourn those killed in the Mumbai, India terrorist attacks, while at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies Nov. 29, in Littleton, Colo. The congregation paused for two minutes of silence to honor those killed in the attacks. Getty Images / John Moore

People make offerings and take the aura from the light of the Artee, at the end of an inter-faith service at the Hindu Sabha Temple in support of Mumbai attack victims, in Brampton, Canada. on Sunday, Nov. 30. AP / The Canadian Press / Toronto Star / Steve Russell

Demonstrators sit down on Market Street in San Francisco, Sunday, Nov. 30, in condemnation of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. AP/ Dino Vournas

Damyanti Bhen, center, is consoled by Kalpana Paramar, left, and Reena Gohil, right, after she burst into tears as she came up on the terrace and set her eyes upon Nariman House, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30,. Damyanti lost her son who was shot and killed by terrorists hiding inside Nariman House. Locals are slowly trying to overcome the trauma of terror attack on their city that lasted for more than two days killing people including several foreigners. AP/ Saurabh Das

Relatives and neighbors mourn as they attend the funeral of Haresh Gohil, 25, who was killed by gunmen near Chabad-Lubavitch center,also known as Nariman House in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29. AP/ Gurinder Osan

An Indian policeman walks past flowers and candles in front of a barricade outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai Sunday, Nov. 30, laid in memory of victims of the Mumbai attacks. AP/ David Guttenfelder

Residents of Mumbai react in disbelief as they look at the damaged exterior of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30. AP/ Altaf Qadri

A forensic expert looks for evidence inside Nariman House, one of the sites of terrorist attacks, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30. This crowded, bustling financial capital, wracked by three days bloodshed, slowly began pulling itself back together Sunday as a once-besieged restaurant reopened its doors and Indians mourned their dead. AP/ Saurabh Das

A worker, left, is seen through a broken window as another looks out at Leopold Cafe in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30. One of the several places where terrorists shot at people, the cafe decided to reopen on Sunday. AP/ Saurabh Das

People participate in a memorial prayer for the victims of the attacks near the landmark Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, Sunday Nov. 30. With corpses still being pulled from a once-besieged hotel, India's top security official resigned Sunday as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following terror attacks that killed 174 people. AP/ Lefteris Pitarakis

Members of the public observe a candle-lit vigil, for the victims of terror attack in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30,. India's top security official offered his resignation Sunday, a senior aide said, as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following the Mumbai attacks. AP/ Altaf Qadri

Karun and Nakul Agarwal grieve the loss of their parents Sanjay and Rita Agarwal - who were killed in a militant attack - during a candle light vigil outside the Oberoi Trident hotel in Mumbai on Nov. 30. Officials said 173 people had been killed and nearly 300 injured in the attacks, which began when the militants split into groups to strike several targets across the city, including the main railway station and a hospital. About 30 foreigners were killed including nine Israelis, five Americans, two French, two Australians and two Canadians. AFP/Getty Images / Pal Pillai

Residents of Mumbai hold a candlelight ceremony and a protest after attacks on the city killed at least 173 people. AP/ David Guttenfelder

People head for a candlelight vigil to pay respects to those who were killed in the recent terror attacks in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30. AP/ Saurabh Das

A girl pays tribute as people light candles to pay respectS to those who were killed in terror attacks in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30. AP/ Saurabh Das

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