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Photos: Terrorist Attacks Strike Airport, Subway In Brussels

Updated March 22, 2016
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People react outside Brussels airport after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
People react outside Brussels airport after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
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People react outside Brussels' Zaventem Airport in Belgium after a suicide attacker struck the airport around 8 a.m. local time Tuesday. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
People react outside Brussels' Zaventem Airport in Belgium after a suicide attacker struck the airport around 8 a.m. local time Tuesday. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
Two women wounded at the Brussels airport after explosions there Tuesday morning killed at least two dozen people and injured more than 150 others. (Ketevan Kardava/Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP)
Two women wounded at the Brussels airport after explosions there Tuesday morning killed at least two dozen people and injured more than 150 others. (Ketevan Kardava/Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP)
An injured man lies on the floor in Brussels Airport after explosions tore through the departure hall Tuesday. (Ketevan Kardava/Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP)
An injured man lies on the floor in Brussels Airport after explosions tore through the departure hall Tuesday. (Ketevan Kardava/Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP)
The aftermath in the Brussels Airport on Tuesday morning. All flights were canceled, arriving planes were being diverted and Belgium's terror alert level was raised to maximum, officials said. (Ketevan Kardava/ Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP)
The aftermath in the Brussels Airport on Tuesday morning. All flights were canceled, arriving planes were being diverted and Belgium's terror alert level was raised to maximum, officials said. (Ketevan Kardava/ Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP)

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The blown out windows of Brussels' Zaventem Airport after the deadly attacks. (Peter Dejong/AP)
The blown out windows of Brussels' Zaventem Airport after the deadly attacks. (Peter Dejong/AP)
People stand near the airport in Brussels after they were evacuated following the explosions. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
People stand near the airport in Brussels after they were evacuated following the explosions. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
Passengers walk through the Brussels metro system after an explosion around 9:11 a.m. local time Tuesday struck a metro train around Maelbeek station. (Evan Lamos via AP)
Passengers walk through the Brussels metro system after an explosion around 9:11 a.m. local time Tuesday struck a metro train around Maelbeek station. (Evan Lamos via AP)
A victim is evacuated on a stretcher by emergency services after an explosion in a main metro station in Brussels on Tuesday. (Virginia Mayo/AP)
A victim is evacuated on a stretcher by emergency services after an explosion in a main metro station in Brussels on Tuesday. (Virginia Mayo/AP)
Police and rescue teams outside Maelbeek metro station in Brussels on Tuesdays after explosions rocked the airport and subway system. (Martin Meissner/AP)
Police and rescue teams outside Maelbeek metro station in Brussels on Tuesdays after explosions rocked the airport and subway system. (Martin Meissner/AP)
Police patrol the EU commission building, after a bomb exploded nearby in the Brussels subway system. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital and raised its terror alert to its highest level, diverting arriving planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were. (Martin Meissner/AP)
Police patrol the EU commission building, after a bomb exploded nearby in the Brussels subway system. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital and raised its terror alert to its highest level, diverting arriving planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were. (Martin Meissner/AP)
A man mourns near flowers and messages left outside the stock exchange in Brussels. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
A man mourns near flowers and messages left outside the stock exchange in Brussels. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
Writing on the asphalt reads "More stars in Brussel's heaven" at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, where people have written hundreds of messages on the ground to remember the victims of Tuesday's attack. (Martin Meissner/AP)
Writing on the asphalt reads "More stars in Brussel's heaven" at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, where people have written hundreds of messages on the ground to remember the victims of Tuesday's attack. (Martin Meissner/AP)
People join together to mourn at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels on Tuesday. (Martin Meissner/AP)
People join together to mourn at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels on Tuesday. (Martin Meissner/AP)
People holding a banner reading "I am Brussels" behind flowers and candles to mourn for the victims at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels after terrorist attacks shook the city on Tuesday. (Martin Meissner/AP)
People holding a banner reading "I am Brussels" behind flowers and candles to mourn for the victims at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels after terrorist attacks shook the city on Tuesday. (Martin Meissner/AP)

This article was originally published on March 22, 2016.

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