People around the world have responded to the Paris attacks with solidarity. State buildings were illuminated with the blue, white, and red of the French flag. Embassies around the world are now surrounded with bouquets, candles, and messages of good will in the memory of the people who were killed.
The World Looks to Paris
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A woman with a French flag painted in her face cries during a vigil for victims of the Paris terror attacks at Martin Place, on November 14, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. #
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A couple stands in the rain as the blue, white, and red colors of France's national flag are projected onto the sails of Sydney's Opera House in Australia, on November 14, 2015, following the attacks in Paris. #
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Hand-written messages lie among flowers and candles left by mourners at the gate of the French Embassy following the recent terror attacks in Paris on November 14, 2015, in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of people came throughout the day to lay flowers, candles, and messages of condolence to mourn the victims of attacks in Paris. #
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An Indian child pays floral tribute at a sand sculpture created in remembrance of victims of Friday's attacks in Paris, in Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, November 14, 2015. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a visit to the United Kingdom, said he condemned “the barbaric terrorist attacks in Paris in the strongest terms.” #
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San Francisco City Hall is lit up with blue, white, and red, the colors of the French flag, following the Paris terror attacks, in San Francisco, California, on November 13, 2015. #
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A woman holds a sign featuring Eiffel Tower in the form of a peace symbol, during a vigil for the victims of the Paris attacks, in Hong Kong, China, on November 14, 2015. #
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A mother lights up a candle with her child as they pay tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks at The Alliance Francaise in Bangkok, Thailand, November 14, 2015. #
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People lay candles and flowers at the gate of the French Embassy on November 14, 2015, in Berlin, Germany. The Brandenburg Gate was illuminated in the colors of the French flag following the recent terror attacks in Paris. #
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A French couple grieve after placing flowers at the entrance to the French consulate to remember victims of the Paris attacks on November 14, 2015, in Madrid, Spain. #
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A passage of the poem Liberte by Paul Eluard is written in chalk in New York's Union Square in solidarity to the people of Paris, on Saturday, November 14, 2015. #
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A man, with a peace symbol featuring Eiffel Tower, holds a candle as he pays tribute to the victims of Paris attacks at The Alliance Francaise in Bangkok, Thailand, November 14, 2015. #
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Children hold candles as they pray during a vigil to show solidarity with the victims of the attacks in Paris at a dance school in Agartala, India, on November 14, 2015. #
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Shanghai's landmark building Oriental Pearl TV Tower is lit up in blue, white, and red, the colors of the French flag, following the Paris attacks, in Shanghai, China, on November 14, 2015. #
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