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PARIS.- A picture taken on November 14, 2015 shows the Eiffel Tower with its lights turned off following the deadly attacks in Paris. Islamic State jihadists claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris that killed at least 129 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium. The Eiffel Tower was closed, the Champs-Elysees was lifeless and museums, markets and schools were shuttered today as Paris reeled after the bloodiest terror attack in French history. AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD

 

 

SKOPJE.- Archeological museum is illuminated with the colours of the French national flag in Skopje on November 14, 2015, in tribute to the victims of deadly attacks in Paris. Islamic State jihadists claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris on November 13 that killed at least 129 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI

 

 

 

PARIS.- Police patrol in front of the Louvre Pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris on November 14, 2015, following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late Friday which left more than 120 people dead. According to witnesses, at least 5 people were killed in the immediate area by attackers wielding automatic rifles. AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY

 

 

SYDNEY.- The iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House are lit in red, white and blue, resembling the colours of the French flag, in Sydney on November 14, 2015, as Australians express their solidarity with France following a spate of coordinated attacks that left 128 dead and 180 injured in Paris late on November 13. Both the Opera House and the Sydney Town Hall were bathed in the French colours and New South Wales state Premier Mike Baird said he had also asked for a French flag to fly over the city's famous harbour bridge. AFP PHOTO / William WEST

 

 

VILNIUS.- The three Crosses monument is illuminated in French national colors in Vilnius, on November 14, 2015 a day after a series of terror attacks in the French city of Paris and its surroundings that has left at least 120 people dead and some 200 wounded. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS

 

 

SHANGHAI.- The Oriental Pearl TV Tower (C), in the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong, is lit in red, white and blue, resembling the colours of the French flag, in Shanghai on November 14, 2015, as the Chinese expressed their solidarity with France following a spate of coordinated attacks that left 128 dead and 180 injured in Paris late on November 13. The Oriental Pearl tower was bathed in the French flag colours for one hour. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

 

 

 

 

RIO DE JANEIRO.- Brazilian priest Omar Raposo prays in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue illuminated in the colors of the French flag in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 14, 2015, a day after at least 129 people were killed in Paris in terrorist attacks. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON

 

 

NEW YORK.- In a show of solidarity with the citizens of France, during the matinee performance of Puccini's "Tosca," the Metropolitan Opera and Orchestra performs the French National Anthem November 14, 2015 in New York, one day after the Paris terrorist attacks. AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT

 

 

 

 

BHUBANESWAR.- An Indian sand artist finishes a sculpture in Bhubaneswar, made in tribute to the victims of a series of terror attacks in the French captial Paris, on November 14, 2015. The string of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late November 13, 2015 left more than 120 people dead, in the worst such violence in France’s history. AFP PHOTO/ASIT KUMAR

 

NEW YORK.- A woman places a rose at a makeshift memorial during a vigil to show solidarity with the citizens of France on November 14, 2015 in New York, a day after the Paris terrorist attacks. Islamic State jihadists claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris on November 13 that killed at least 129 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium. AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD
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