Images: Rallies in Paris, around the world
Masses of people joined with world leaders to fill Paris streets Sunday in a rally for unity that officials said was the largest demonstration in French history. Hundreds of thousands more marched in cities around the country and the world to repudiate a three-day terror spree around the French capital that killed 17 people and left the three gunmen dead.
The words "I am Charlie" are spelled out with candles outside the French Consulate in San Francisco at a gathering in solidarity with those killed in an attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
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Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Paris on Sunday in a massive show of unity and defiance in the face of terrorism that killed 17 people in France's bleakest moment in half a century.
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People hold up a sign reading "Solidarity" during a rally in Paris, France, Sunday. Hundreds of thousands gathered Sunday throughout Paris and cities around the world, to show unity and defiance in the face of terrorism that killed 17 people in France's bleakest moment in half a century.
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French President Francois Hollande, second from left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, join other dignitaries, heads of government and heads of state as they march during a rally in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11. More than 40 world leaders, their arms linked, marched through Paris Sunday to rally for unity and freedom of expression and to honor 17 victims of three days of terrorist attacks.
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Holding up signs reading "I am Charlie" and French flags, thousands attend a rally in Paris, France, Sunday.
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Men hold signs reading "I am Charlie" during a rally in Paris, France, Sunday.
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People gather atop a statue at Place de la Nation during a rally in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11. Hundreds of thousands gathered Sunday throughout Paris and cities around the world, to show unity and defiance in the face of terrorism that killed 17 people in France's bleakest moment in half a century.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, France's President Francois Hollande, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU President Donald Tusk and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas march during a rally in Paris, France, Sunday. A rally of defiance and sorrow, protected by an unparalleled level of security, on Sunday honored the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris that left France on alert for more violence.
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A man takes a picture at Place de la Republique of a sign reading "I Am Charlie" after a rally in Paris, France, Sunday.
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French President Francois Hollande welcomes Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday.
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A woman lights a candle on Republique square during the demonstration in Paris, France, Sunday.
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French President Francois Hollande, center, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, left, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo leave the Elysee Palace to board a bus to join a rally in Paris, Sunday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center, and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, right, speak as they leave the Elysee Palace to board a bus to join a rally in Paris Sunday.
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Thousands of people gather at Republique Square in Paris on Sunday. Thousands of people began filling France's iconic Republique plaza, and world leaders converged on Paris in a rally of defiance and sorrow on Sunday, to honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed that left France on alert for more violence.
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French President Francois Hollande welcomes Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, at the Elysee Palace in Paris Sunday.
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Photos of victims of the Paris terror attacks and a poster reading 'Berlin is Charlie' have been placed with flowers and candles in front of the French embassy in Berlin Sunday.
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Palestinian leaders of civil society groups hold a candlelight vigil in solidarity with France and to condemn Paris assault and shootings outside the French Cultural Center in Gaza City Sunday. The French Cultural Center in Gaza has been closed for public after unknown assailants detonated explosives targeting its exterior walls in October and December 2014.
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Lebanese and foreign journalists, activists and intellectuals, hold placards as they gather to show their solidarity with the victims of Wednesday's attack in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday. The attack on the French satirical newspaper has caused grief and soul-searching around the world, and exposed the risks humorists can run in an era of instant global communications and starkly opposed ideologies.
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Participants hold a poster reading 'I am Charlie' and a French flag as they gather in solidarity in front of the Brandenburg Gate near the French embassy in Berlin, Sunday.
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People march in solidarity with the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in France Sunday in Quebec City, Canada.
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People in Helsinki, Finland, hold up signs reading 'I am Charlie' during a march for the victims of the recent shootings by gunmen at the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher supermarket and on police in Paris, Sunday.
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French President Francois Hollande welcomes Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left, at the Elysee Palace in Paris Sunday.
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