Look: 4 Million March Across France For Unity – Largest Rally In Nation’s History (Photos)
In response to the slaughter of 12 people at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, and the later murder of five hostages, all by radical Islamic extremist terrorists, 4 million marched across France Sunday to show unity.
Reports state nearly 2 million marched in Paris, and another one to two million across the rest of the nation in a rally to show unity in the face of a week of acts of religious extremism that left 17 dad and a country on edge. Over 40 world leaders were in attendance today too.
Organizers of the Paris unity rally say 1.5 million people took part: http://t.co/tDn4gnrv5Fpic.twitter.com/J6wOBqlHyQ
— VICE News (@vicenews) January 11, 2015
Massive Crowds Gather At Paris Unity Rally to Honor #CharlieHebdo Victims https://t.co/so5vlTnkIR #MarcheRepublicaine pic.twitter.com/PnIwncEF3O
— Saulo Corona (@SauloCorona) January 11, 2015
The Paris unity march route right now. A mass of humanity as far as the eye can see chanting “Charlie!” @vicenews pic.twitter.com/yDD2jZGuyy
— John Beck (@JM_Beck) January 11, 2015
Police snipers & gathering crowds in raw footage of Paris’s #marcherpublicaine prep via @vicenews‘s @rouillonetienne http://t.co/B74yyIBZF6
— John Beck (@JM_Beck) January 11, 2015
.@AFP/@GettyImages: Femen activists hold up Charlie Hebdo covers during the unity rally in Paris. #MarcheRepublicaine pic.twitter.com/wVzy0zbnDG
— Andrew Peng (@TheAPJournalist) January 11, 2015
Esta es la #MarcheRepublicaine Rotundo mensaje contra terrorismo http://t.co/0BpG911u9Q #UnityMarch pic.twitter.com/BRvqGTCghZ
— Wilfranck Marcano (@wilfranck) January 11, 2015
Today in Paris, Muslims, Jews, Christians and gays marched in the largest rally since the Liberation [via @lemondefr] pic.twitter.com/e9NAeivM52
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) January 11, 2015
Cœur géant place de la Bastille. #jesuischarlie pic.twitter.com/gjzYyhKcJJ
— Olivier Clairouin (@OClairouin) January 11, 2015
Au moins deux millions de personnes défilent en France en hommage aux victimes des attentats. #11janvier (Photo AFP) pic.twitter.com/ICPSGwZvrz
— Le Monde Live (@lemondelive) January 11, 2015
Huge crowds gathering in #Paris for the #CharieHebdo unity rally. #MarcheRepublicaine #France #JeSuisCharlie #EU pic.twitter.com/UFEpLgofJq
— SpecGhost (@SpecGhost) January 11, 2015
Marée humaine place de la République, à Paris. #11janvier (Photo Kenzo Tribouillard/@AFP) pic.twitter.com/9RDPyAovE7
— Le Monde Live (@lemondelive) January 11, 2015
A Paris, des centaines de milliers de manifestants pour la liberté. #11Janvier http://t.co/gkKm9x3Y1i (AP/LeMonde) pic.twitter.com/h6O4B3sXAC
— Le Monde Live (@lemondelive) January 11, 2015
Les chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement, rassemblés avant le départ de la marche #11Janvier pic.twitter.com/dlRK22hFqT
— Le Monde Live (@lemondelive) January 11, 2015
A Lyon, les premières estimations chiffrent le cortège à 150 000 personnes.#11janvier (Bertrand Gaudillière/ITEM) pic.twitter.com/oUzIma6fIU
— Le Monde Live (@lemondelive) January 11, 2015
Marche républicaine : au coeur d’une manifestation historique http://t.co/n4lnxPtYQu #vidéo #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/lu5j7VfoHC
— Olivier Clairouin (@OClairouin) January 11, 2015
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