“Marche Republicaine” – Unity rally in France against terrorism
France’s Interior Ministry said the country’s rally for unity against terrorism Sunday was the largest demonstration in France’s history—a march organized to show harmony after three days of attacks that left 17 dead. Read more here.
- Dignitaries including (L-R) Mayor Of Lille Martine Aubry, Hassen Chalghoumi Imam of the Drancy mosque, philosopher Marek Halter and UMP politician Eric Woerth join demonstrators in Place de la Republique prior to a mass unity rally to be held in Paris following the recent terrorist attacks on January 11, 2015 in Paris, France. An estimated one million people are expected to converge in central Paris for the Unity March joining in solidarity with the 17 victims of this week’s terrorist attacks in the country. French President Francois Hollande will lead the march and will be joined by world leaders in a sign of unity. The terrorist atrocities started on Wednesday with the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12, and ended on Friday with sieges at a printing company in Dammartin en Goele and a Kosher supermarket in Paris with four hostages and three suspects being killed. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
- People light candles following thousands of people marching ,from Place de la Republique on route to Place de la Nation, following the recent terrorist attacks on January 11, 2015 in Paris, France. An estimated one million people have converged in central Paris for the Unity March joining in solidarity with the 17 victims of this weeks terrorist attacks in the country. French President Francois Hollande led the march and was joined by world leaders in a sign of unity. The terrorist atrocities started on Wednesday with the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12, and ended on Friday with sieges at a printing company in Dammartin en Goele and a Kosher supermarket in Paris with four hostages and three suspects being killed. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
- People put pencils on the ground in the War reporters’ Memorial during a Unity rally Marche Republicaine on January 11, 2015 in Bayeux, northwestern France, in tribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers killing 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. A march with world leaders is taking place on January 11 through Paris in a historic display of global defiance against extremism after Islamist attacks that killed 17 victims. (Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images)
- A balloon reading “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) is held at Place de la Bastille during the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
- People take part in the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man waves a flag reading “Je Suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) during the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
- A dog wearing the note “Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie) around its collar takes part in a unity rally “Marche Republicaine” in Reims on January 11, 2015, in tribute of the 17 victims of the three-days killing spree. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie-Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best known cartoonists and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the Capital which killed 4 local residents . (Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images)
- People gather on the Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris during a Unity rally Marche Republicaine on January 11, 2015 in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images)
- People hold a placard reading “Not even afraid” and a French flag reading “The new resistance” take part in a Unity rally Marche Republicaine on January 11, 2015 in Lyon in tribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)
- A placard reading “17 killed, 66 million people wounded, we are standing, we are not scared because we are Charlie” is held at Place de la Bastille during the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
- A French-Israeli dual national lights a candle, around the names of French Jews killed in an attack on a supermarket in Paris, during a remembrance ceremony in the coastal city of Netanya on January 11, 2015, to protest against the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office that left 12 dead and an attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris. More than a million people and dozens of world leaders were expected to march through Paris in a historic display of global defiance against extremism after Islamist attacks that left 17 dead. For many in Israel, the deadly attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris was further evidence that France is becoming hostile territory for Jews and authorities are unable to protect them. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators hold a sign reading “Hurry, more democracy everywhere against barbarism” as they gather at Place de la Nation during the unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
- A woman with a pencil shape hairstyle takes part in a unity rally (Marche Republicaine) on January 11, 2015 on the old harbour in Marseille, southern France, in tribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people, including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, and the hostage-taking of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital, which killed four people. )Anne-Christine Poujoulatanne/AFP/Getty Images)
- A woman takes part in the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” that gathered 10.000 persons on January 11, 2015 in Ajaccio, in tribute of the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists in Paris. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists and the storming of a jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP/Getty Images)
- A child holds a placard reading “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) during a Unity rally Marche Republicaine on January 11, 2015 in Lyon in tribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)
- People hold cartoons, including one reading “Love is stronger than hate”, during the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
- People hold letters to form the word “solidarity” during the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. The killings began on January 7 with an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that saw two brothers massacre 12 people including some of the country’s best-known cartoonists, the killing of a policewoman and the storming of a Jewish supermarket on the eastern fringes of the capital which killed 4 local residents. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
- The crowd walk by a sign “I Am Charlie” , during a rally in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. 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. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
- People gather at Place de la Nation during a rally in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. 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 Franceís bleakest moment in half a century. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
- From the left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU president Donald Tusk and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas march during a rally in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A rally of defiance and sorrow, protected by an unparalleled level of security, on Sunday will honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris that left France on alert for more violence. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)
- Thousands of people gather at Republique square in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Thousands of people began filling Franceís 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. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- A demonstrator holds up an oversized pencil at Republique Square, Paris, before the start of a demonstration, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A rally of defiance and sorrow, protected by an unparalleled level of security, on Sunday will honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris that left France on alert for more violence. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
- A woman has taped her mouth displaying the word Freedom on the tape, as she gathers with several thousand people in solidarity with victims of two terrorist attacks in Paris, one at the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and another at a kosher market, front of the Brandenburg Gate near the French embassy in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)