London - A powerful car bomb exploded outside the Australian embassy in central Jakarta on Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 100.
Here are some of the worst bomb attacks around the world since the September 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks in the United States:
2002:
March 27
Suicide bomber blows himself up in a hotel in the Israeli resort town of Netanya, killing 29 people.
April 11
Truck explodes near El Ghriba synagogue on Tunisian island of Djerba. Kills 20, including 14 Germans.
May 8
Suspected suicide bomber kills 11 French navy experts and three Pakistanis in Pakistani city of Karachi.
October 12
Bombs explode in Kuta Beach nightclub strip on Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 people and injuring hundreds.
November 28
At least 15 killed in car bomb attack on hotel frequented by Israeli tourists in Kenyan port of Mombasa.
2003:
January 5
Two explosions rock a bus station and a nearby pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv, killing 23 and wounding over 100.
May 12
Suicide bombers kill 35 at housing compounds for expatriates in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
May 12
A suicide truck bomb at a government complex in Znamenskoye in Chechnya kills around 60 people.
May 16
Suicide bombers set off at least five blasts in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 45 people including 12 bombers.
August 1
Truck bomb explodes at a Russian military hospital in North Ossetia near Chechnya, killing at least 50.
August 5
Bomb kills 10 and wounds 150 at Marriott Hotel in Indonesian capital Jakarta.
August 19
Truck bomb devastates UN's Baghdad HQ, killing 22 people including top UN envoy to Iraq.
August 19
A suspected Palestinian suicide bombing rips through a bus in Jewish west Jerusalem killing 23 people.
August 25
Twin car bombs in India's financial capital Bombay kill 52 and injure at least 150.
August 29
Car bomb kills at least 83 Iraqis, including a top Shi'a Muslim leader outside the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf.
October 4
Palestinian suicide bomber blows herself up in a restaurant in the city of Haifa, killing 23 other people.
November 9
Eighteen people are killed when suicide bombers devastate a housing complex in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
November 12
Suicide car bombers devastate Italian military police base in southern Iraq, killing 18 Italians and nine Iraqis.
November 15
Two car bombs explode outside synagogues in central Istanbul, killing 30 people.
November 20
Two blasts devastate the HSBC Bank headquarters and British consulate in Istanbul, killing 32 people.
2004:
February 1
117 people are killed when two suicide bombers blow themselves up in offices of Kurdish factions in northern Iraq.
March 2
171 people are killed in twin attacks involving suicide bombers in Baghdad and Kerbala.
March 11
Bomb attacks blamed on Islamic militants on commuter trains in Madrid kill 191 people and wound hundreds.