A band plays music to greet guests for a party ahead of an upcoming wedding, in Mumbai*, India, late Monday Dec. 1, 2008. From November to February, Mumbai is lit up with lights and fireworks from weddings across the city. The two luxury hotels targeted by the attackers were popular destinations for wedding celebrations among the wealthy from India and abroad. Lavishly-decorated temporary constructions are set up on available patches of open ground but the attacks have thrown wedding plans into disarray (混乱) forcing many to cancel or scale back ceremonies, with guests wary of travelling to the city.
(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)