1.   Now people study the charred metal and see a Roman coliseum, a Gothic cathedral, a ship, a bird in flight, a hand reaching to heaven.

2.   The bodies of the victims lay under metallic thermal blankets, and the air was filled with the acrid smell of charred metal.

3.   The fiery crash left both trucks in a twisted heap of charred metal.

4.   Police said the fragments of a body found at the center of the blast amid charred metal and shards of glass may have belonged to the suicide bomber.

5.   Police suspected the fragments of a body found at the center of the blast amid charred metal and shards of glass belonged to a suicide bomber.

6.   Police said fragments of a body found at the center of the blast amid charred metal and shards of glass may have been those of a suicide bomber.

7.   Police suspected the fragments of a body found at the center of the blast amid charred metal and shards of glass belonged to the suicide bomber.

8.   The air still reeked of charred metal from the fierce friction the capsule endured on its three-hour descent.

9.   The blast reduced the back of the red city bus to a twisted ball of charred metal.

10.   The blast ripped off the top of the red city bus, and reduced the back to a twisted ball of charred metal.