Boston mourns marathon bombing victims at vigils – in pictures

People gather with candles during a vigil for eight-year-old Martin Richard at Garvey Park in Boston Photograph: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

People light candles at Olympic Forest Park in Beijing, China, on Tuesday. One of the three victims killed in the marathon explosion was a Chinese woman studying in Boston Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

A woman cries while listening during a vigil at Garvey Park in Boston Photograph: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

Neighbors hug under a US flag as they arrive for a vigil in Dorchester on Tuesday. A Little League baseball player, Martin Richard lived in the blue Victorian house in working-class Dorchester – a Boston neighborhood dotted with "Kids at Play" traffic signs and budding trees Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

A message written on a banner seen during a vigil on the Boston Common on Tuesday afternoon Photograph: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

Boston Marathon runner Lizzie Lee stands solemn during a candle light vigil on Boston Common. When the bombings occurred, she had just turned onto Boylston Street, narrowly missing the blast
Photograph: Kevin Wiles Jr/Demotix/Corbis

A man carries balloons, flowers and flags to a memorial for victims blocks away from the scene of Monday's bombing Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

People gather for a vigil on Boston Common on Tuesday evening Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

People hold candles during a interfaith vigil at the Arlington Street Church in Boston on Tuesday night Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

An American flag flies at half-staff Wednesday morning on a building near the scene of the twin bombings Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A young girl cries with her mother during the vigil for eight-year-old Martin Richard at Garvey Park in Boston Photograph: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

Flowers are placed on a street corner near the site of the Boston Marathon bombing Photograph: Zuma/Rex Features

Crowds in Dorchester hold up candles during the vigil for eight-year-old Martin Richard on Tuesday night Photograph: michael spencer/Demotix/Corbis