Je suis Charlie around the world – in pictures
From Sydney to Stockholm, and from Montreal to Tokyo, rallies were held at the weekend to support the victims of the Paris killings. In Paris itself, an estimated two million people and dozens of world leaders joined a massive and historic march.
- Atlanta, Georgia, USHundreds of people make their way through Piedmont Park during a silent walk to support France after the terrorism spree around Paris that killed 17 people.Photograph: John Amis/AP
- Beirut, LebanonPeople gather in solidarity with th e victims of Charlie Hebdo attack, in Samir Kassir Square. Samir Kassir was a Lebanese journalist murdered in a car bombing in Beirut in 2005.Photograph: Nabil Mounzer/EPA
- Berlin, GermanyA woman wears tape over her mouth as she marches with several thousand others in solidarity with the Paris victims.Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP
- Cairo, EgyptEgyptian journalists hold up pens in a silent protest to protest against the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office in Paris.Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images
- Jerusalem, IsraelIsraelis, mostly French Jews, hold signs reading: Je suis Charlie; Israel is Charlie; and I am a Jew of France.Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP
- Johannesburg, South AfricaHundreds attend a demonstration in solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in and around Paris. They sung the French national anthem and observed a minute of silence.Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP
- Madrid, SpainPeople holding Je suis Charlie placards congregate behind a French flag during a public show of solidarity.Photograph: GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images
- Montreal, CanadaAn estimated 25,000 people gathered for a rally to show solidarity for the Paris victims. Montreal mayor Denis Coderre and Quebec officials joined the French consul general Bruno Clerc at the head of a long procession led by marchers waving Canadian, French and Quebecois flags.Photograph: Marc Braibant/AFP/Getty Images
- Nicosia, CyprusJournalists from press agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) hold signs reading Je suis Charlie at the agency’s Middle East and north Africa headquarters.Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images
- Rome, ItalyA woman holds a Je suis Charlie sign as several hundred people gather in front of the French embassy in solidarity with the Paris terror victims.Photograph: Riccardo De Luca/AP
- Stockholm, SwedenA girl holds a poster as people attend a demonstration for peace and respect in commemoration of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.Photograph: Henrik Montgomery/AFP/Getty Images
- Sydney, AustraliaMembers of Sydney’s French community gather in the city to pay tribute to the Paris jihadist attack victims, just metres from the scene of a deadly cafe siege last month.Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
- Thessaloniki, GreecePeople hold Je Suis Charlie placards, plus pencils and pens, as they gather at a vigil to show support for the victims of the French terror attacks in front of The White tower.Photograph: Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images
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