The rest of the world is now showing their support to Paris as a lot of famous landmarks as well as other civic and commercial locations around the world displayed the colors of the French flag which are blue, white and red.
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London paid homage to the victims as a few 2,000 people gathered at an evening vigil in the British capital’s Trafalgar Square, where fountains and the grand portico of the National Gallery opposite were lit to resemble the Tricolour.
Within about 60 seconds of hearing about the wave of murderous attacks in Paris at the weekend, French artist Jean Jullien had sketched out what has become known as the Peace for Paris symbol – and within a few hours of its birth, the symbol has been adopted worldwide in a show of solidarity and goodwill. At the request of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, the Eiffel Tower will remain in the dark tonight in mourning.
Flowers and candles were also been placed in front of the nearby French embassy in the German capital.
The picture popped up online last night, and since then it has been shared, liked, tweeted and retweeted as people attempt to cope with the tragedy.
People walk past the Sydney Town Hall as it is lit in red, white and blue, resembling the colours of the French flag, in Sydney on November 14, 2015, as Australians express their solidarity with France following a spate of coordinated attacks that left 128 dead and 180 injured in Paris late on November 13.
Dozens of people were killed in what a shaken President Francois Hollande described as an unprecedented terrorist attack. “It was just my way of sharing my reaction, of sharing a need for peace and solidarity in the face of such a disaster”.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the attacks are being monitored by Metro’s Homeland Security the same as they do “whenever there is a terrorist attack anywhere in the world”, said Larry Hadfield a spokesman officer.
It has been confirmed by France’s Interior Ministry that the call was a false alarm, but went on for long enough for panic to spread through the streets, with a few people seen crying with worry.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation chief Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the Paris attacks were not part of a fight between the Islamic world and the West.
One artist’s heartfelt tribute to the innocent victims was at the center of much social media activity the night of the attacks.
One user, @emilymiddlemas_, wrote “I am so heart broken!”
Jullien had just started his holiday, when news of the terrorist attacks broke.
A simple image shared by millions across social media: the combination of a peace sign and the Eiffel Tower.
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French graphic designer Jean Jullien created the image, “Peace for Paris”, and posted it on Twitter and Instagram at midnight after the attacks. “There can not be justification, religious or human” for the attacks, he said. Dearborn has one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in the United States.
