Pictures of the Week: January 21 – 27, 2006

Rescue workers pull survivors from underneath a collapsed construction building in Nairobi
EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POLARIS

Buried Alive — and Dead
A building under construction in Nairobi collapsed, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 70 of the estimated 280 workers at the site. As rescue workers pulled men from the debris, tens of thousands of locals packed the nearby streets. Faulty construction has initially been blamed for the collapse

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006