Light the Dark: vigils held for Manus asylum seeker – in pictures
The vigil at Sydney Town Hall Square on Sunday eveningPhotograph: Tom McLachlan/GetUp!Model and activist Imogen Bailey attends the vigil in Sydney, where she spoke on the subject of immigrationPhotograph: Tom McLachlan/GetUp!Sam Mclean, National Director of GetUp!, speaks at the vigil in Sydney Photograph: Tom McLachlan/GetUp!
A woman in Brisbane lights a candle at a shrine to Reza Barati, the asylum seeker who died in the Manus Island protestsPhotograph: Dan Peled/AAPA vigil for Reza Barati in Gosford, NSWPhotograph: Tom McLachlan/GetUp!Dr Munjed Al Muderis, an Iraqi-Australian orthopaedic surgeon who arrived in Australia in 2000 as a refugee, speaks in Sydney Town Hall SquarePhotograph: Tom McLachlan/GetUp!People hold up candles in SydneyPhotograph: Tom McLachlan/GetUp! Chris Taylor from the Chaser holds a candle at the vigil in SydneyPhotograph: Tom McLachlan/GetUp!Light the Dark vigil for Reza Barati held in Melbourne.Photograph: GetUp!A woman holds a photo of Reza Berati at a vigil in BrisbanePhotograph: Dan Peled/AAPA man holds a placard at the vigil in Sydney Photograph: Siobhan Marren/Demotix/CorbisWomen hold candles and photos of Reza Berati at the beginning of the vigil in Sydney's Town Hall SquarePhotograph: Sergio Leyva/Demotix/CorbisAustralians gather in Sydney in memory of Berati Photograph: Sergio Leyva/Demotix/CorbisA woman at vigil in Sydney holds a placardPhotograph: Siobhan Marren/Demotix/CorbisProtesters attend a candlelight vigil in support of asylum seekers in Sydney on SundayPhotograph: Muhammad Farooq/AFP/Getty ImagesA woman at the Light the Dark rally in Sydney holding a placard with a biblical quote Photograph: Siobhan Marren/Demotix/Corbis
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