At midday Paris time, a fraction over 24 hours after two gunmen entered the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and slaughtered 12 people, gatherings around the world were silent for a minute to commemorate those who died.
Among those who did were staff and representatives at the European parliament in Brussels.
In Paris, understandably, the silence was particularly respected – even on the Metro.
Hundreds of people hold hands and pause for a minutes silence in central Paris for the victims of the massacre pic.twitter.com/ulZLhcjwda
— Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic) January 8, 2015
Watch live: Crowds gather for minute's silence for victims of #CharlieHebdo attack http://t.co/pSUpfNezaP #c4news pic.twitter.com/rt8iIThdbF
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 8, 2015
People gather for a minute's silence to remember the victims of the #CharlieHebdo attack http://t.co/Fv0ZHWLPQX pic.twitter.com/ElS4WMYyV6
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 8, 2015
Among those who marked the event in Paris were the staff of the Agence-France Presse news agency.
AFP also ran this photo of faith leaders in Paris observing the silence at a mosque.
RT @s_jourdain: Faith leaders minute's silence at Paris central mosque pic.twitter.com/11yoLcSGNL
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 8, 2015
And also in Paris.
The silence was also observed in Sydney, at 10pm local time.
#charliehebdo Minute de silence avec la France à 18.000 km. #SYDNEY pic.twitter.com/3iZDSx8kRF
— Caroline Taïx (@carolinetaix) January 8, 2015
In Europe, the official Twitter feed of Spain’s royal family has sent these photos of the minute’s silence.
El Rey participó en un minuto de silencio por las víctimas del atentado en París #CharlieHebdo. Palacio Real, Madrid pic.twitter.com/UqzYDOxh9B
— Casa de S.M. el Rey (@CasaReal) January 8, 2015
In London, armed police outside the French embassy also observed the silence.
Armed Police at French Embassy in London hold silence for the victims of Charlie Hebdo shootings. #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/tRuOVUKnFO
— jeff moore (@jeffmoorephoto) January 8, 2015
London’s Metropolitan police observed two minutes’ silence at 10.30am local time.
As you would expect, many journalists observed the silence. Here is a video of the silence during the Guardian’s morning news conference.
At the same time staff at the Norwich Evening News fell silent.
Archant staff observe 1 min silence to show respect for journalists killed in Paris #JeSuisCharlie #nujofficial pic.twitter.com/ALNtgtklxa
— Norwich Evening News (@EveningNews) January 8, 2015
