Dubrovka Theater Siege 10 Years On

A mourner peers at rows of photographs and names outside the Dubrovka Theater on the seventh anniversary of the siege.

Hundreds of people are expected  to gather near the theater Friday to lay flowers and tokens of remembrance for those killed in the botched rescue operation.

Negotiators approaching the Dubrovka Theater during the siege. Their negotiation attempts were to prove fruitless, and security forces ended up raiding the theater after pumping an unknown gas into the building to knock out the Chechen rebels inside.

Special forces officers nervously waiting outside the theater during the three-day standoff.

At a news conference weeks after the Dubrovka siege, city police put on display explosives and other munitions found in the theater after special forces had burst into the building.

Soldiers lining up at a funeral for their late colleague, a victim of the operation to free hostages taken during a performance of the "Nord-Ost" musical.