Photo gallery: The world stands for Paris
On an evening where Paris’s liberté and égalité came under fire, the world stood up to provide some fraternité
People hold signs as the Tel Aviv Municipality building light is illuminated in the colours of the French national flag as people gather to show solidarity for the victims of the 13 November Paris attacks in Rabin’s square in Tel Aviv, Israel, 14 November 2015. More than 120 people have been killed in a series of attacks in Paris on 13 November, according to French officials. (ABIR SULTAN/EPA/CP)
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The numbers are staggering; the tragedy is difficult to process. At least 129 are dead, with 352 more injured, in a string of what appear to be coordinated suicide bombings, shootings and hostage-takings across Paris.
In a night where France’s foundational pillars came under fire—its liberté and its égalité, its liberty and equality—people in Paris and around the globe came through to provide what they could in the way of fraternité. Cities lit up with the colours of France’s tricolore flag, and leaders and citizens sent social-media missives of strength. Here’s how the world showed its support for Paris.
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