Relatives of the September 11 victims gathered at Ground Zero yesterday to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the attack that killed almost 3,000 people. The moment of silence on Wednesday marked when the first plane hit the Twin Towers on a clear, sunny day in 2001. Then, families of the victims started reading aloud the names of those who died.

Libyans gather outside the foreign ministry building that was hit by a powerful blast yesterday.u00a0The blasts occurred on the same day that the US consulate in Libya was attacked on September 11, 2012. Pics/AFP