Early Sunday morning, Omar Mateen walked into a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and indiscriminately began firing an assault rifle into a crowd of revelers. He took the lives of 49 people and critically wounded dozens.
In the wake of this massacre, large and small vigils were held for the victims in Orland, and dozens of cities and towns. Here is a collection of images of the grief and solidarity felt around the world.
Outside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida | AFP-JIJIOrlando, Florida | AFP-JIJIOrlando, Florida | APShawn McCluskey comforts his girlfriend Freedanchy Ruiz in Orlando, Florida, over the death of her cousin Rodolfo Ayala. | CRAIG RUBADOUX/FLORIDA TODAY VIA APOrlando, FloridaTatiana Osorio, of Orlando, Florida, squeezes an American flag-themed stress ball while giving blood at the OneBlood blood center near the nightclub Pulse. | APChris Bartley (left) is hugged by Sam Johnson in Boston, Massachusetts. | REUTERSSeoul, South Korea | REUTERSPhoebe Darr, 14, tears up at a vigil in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. | MARISA WOJCIK/THE EAU CLAIRE LEADER-TELEGRAM VIA APAt a church in Zurich, Switzerland. | APThe Michael Fowler Centre lit up in rainbow colors in Wellington, New Zealand. | AFP-JIJICity Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | APIn New Orleans along the Moon Walk by the Mississippi River. | NOLA.COM THE TIMES-PICAYUNE VIA APA flag at The Center, an LGBT community center in Las Vegas, Nevada. | APOld Compton Street in London. | YUI MOK/PA VIA APThe Brussels Grand Place/Grote Markt in Brussels. | AFP-JIJI Toronto | CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV/THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA APBerlin, Germany | APOutside Manhattan's Stonewall Inn in New York City. | AFP-JIJIThe Castro district in San Francisco, California. | APSan Francisco, California | REUTERSSan Francisco City Hall. | REUTERSLos Angeles, California | REUTERSLady Gaga speaks at a vigil outside of City Hall in Los Angeles, California. | REUTERSDominique Hernandez holds up her fist during a vigil in Los Angeles, California. | REUTERSPeople hold up 'love is greater than hate' signs in San Diego, California. | REUTERS
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