Newtown community gathers to mourn victims – in pictures
An American flag flies at half-mast in memory of the 27 shooting victims in Newtown, ConnecticutPhotograph: Peter Foley/EPAA Connecticut state police officer stands in front of a memorial sign at an intersection in NewtownPhotograph: Joshua Lott/ReutersParishioners pay their respects to victims of the shooting before mass at St Rose of Lima Church in NewtownPhotograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
Young parishioners pay their respects to the victims at a memorial in NewtownPhotograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty ImagesA child's message rests by a memorialPhotograph: Jason DeCrow/APA house near the Sandy Hook elementary school has hung a sign in memory of the shooting victims over the front doorPhotograph: Mike Segar/ReutersA makeshift memorial by the entrance to the Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Mike Segar/ReutersA sign hangs in the window of a clothing store in NewtownPhotograph: Mary Altaffer/APA candlelight vigil is held for the Connecticut shooting victims outside a Catholic church in Bangalore, IndiaPhotograph: Aijaz Rahi/APA sign hangs from a stone bridge over Hawley pond in NewtownPhotograph: Peter Foley/EPAA woman reacts at a memorial near Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Eric Thayer/ReutersA woman clutches a bouquet of roses as she stands at a memorialPhotograph: Mike Segar/ReutersDavid Freedman kneels with his son Zachary, both of Newtown, as they visit a sidewalk memorialPhotograph: David Goldman/APEric Mueller places 27 wooden painted angels for each of the victims outside his home in Newtown, Connecticut Photograph: Joshua Lott/ReutersGun control supporters take part in a candlelight vigil at Lafayette square across from the White House in WashingtonPhotograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesNewtown police officer Maryhelen McCarthy weeps as she brings flowers to a memorialPhotograph: Jason DeCrow/APFirefighters pay their respects at a memorial near the school Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesNewtown police officers leave mementos at a memorialPhotograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesParishioners pay their respects to the victims before mass at St Rose of Lima Church in NewtownPhotograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty ImagesRobert Young of Bridgewater, New Jersey, holds a sign of support on the road to NewtownPhotograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
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