1.   Because of tight security for the Mass, the square was surrounded by multiple rings of soldiers.

2.   A faded general store and scores of disheveled homes, a number of which are still occupied, surround the square, magnifying the eeriness.

3.   It consisted of ring after shimmering ring of concentric circles surrounding squares within squares.

4.   Outside the circle surrounding the square are eight graveyards, traditional in Chakrasamvara mandalas, representing the human life cycle of ignorance, passing pleasures and inevitable death.

5.   Police took him into custody after his car became marooned up against one of the marble posts surrounding the square.

6.   Streets surrounding the square where the stock market is located were blocked off by military police.

7.   Streets surrounding the square where the Rio de Janeiro stock market is located were blocked off by military police.

8.   Surrounding the square is a variety of charming shops in weathered brick buildings.

9.   The square is surrounded by stylishly renovated condominiums and gleaming glass-walled office buildings.

10.   Poniatowska said witnesses reported seeing members of a paramilitary group, wearing white gloves or handkerchiefs, on rooftops and balconies surrounding the square just before the shooting began.