Newtown school shootings - the day after: in pictures

A Connecticut state police officer guards the street leading to Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

A sign outside a home near Sandy Hook school in Newtown. The residents of the idyllic Connecticut town were reeling in horror from the massacre of 20 small children and six adults in one of the worst school shootings in US history Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

A makeshift memorial outside Saint Rose of Lima church. People in the small community were grieving over one of the worst mass shootings in US history Photograph: Joshua Lott/REUTERS

The sun rises behind a US flag covered with numbers representing the people who died in the massacre Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

Young people carry flowers to leave near Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

Molly Delaney, left, holds her 11-year-old daughter, Milly as people gathered at St. John's episcopal church Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

A woman prays at Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic church Photograph: Joshua Lott/REUTERS

Connecticut state police lieutenant Paul Vance addresses a press conference Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

A woman cries during a prayer service at St. John's episcopal church Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Bags in a park in Newtown decorated with Christmas trees and stars, in memory of the victims killed at Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Joshua Lott/Reuters

A man kneels in prayer Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Flowers and stuffed animals are left at a makeshift memorial around a flagpole in the centre of Newtown Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP

Elizabeth Bogdanoff, left, kisses her daughter Julia, 13, during a prayer service at St John's episcopal church in Newtown Photograph: David Goldman/AP

A mother with her two children place flowers at a memorial Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA

A man brings flowers to leave at a memorial near the Sandy Hook school Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

A sign near Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters