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News: 3.7MILLION people march across France to support freedom
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3.7MILLION people march across France to support freedom
'We are here to support freedom. We will not be beaten': 3.7MILLION people march across France as world leaders are joined in Paris for moving tribute to 17 terror victims
An estimated 3.7million gathered in shows of solidarity across France today in tribute to those killed by terrorists
Unprecedented crowds were seen in Paris where millions walked the capital's streets chanting 'Je suis Charlie'
British Prime Minister David Cameron linked arms with other world leaders to lead the proceedings this afternoon
President Francois Hollande began the march, poignantly telling crowds: 'Today, Paris is the capital of the world'
Elsewhere crowds gathered in major world cities, with famous monuments illuminated in the Tricolor
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PAYING TRIBUTE AROUND THE WORLD: HOW OTHER WORLD CITIES REACTED TODAY TO THE ATROCITIES IN PARIS
BERLIN, GERMANY: Around 18,000 people gathered in front of the French embassy next to the Brandenburg Gate. Many brought flowers or pencils and help up signs saying 'Je suis Charlie' or 'Je suis Juif' (I am a Jew). Some protesters also held up cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and played French chansons, speaking a mixture of German, English, French, Russian and other languages.
ROME, ITALY: Thousands of people participated in a silent demonstration in front of the French Embassy, holding aloft pencils, candles and placards. A small demonstration was also held in Venice's Campo Manin, drawing many young people.
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Some 20,000 people marched silently through the centre of the European Union city, despite a bomb threat which forced the evacuation of the offices of the offices of the Brussels newspaper Le Soir. Another 3,000 marched in the western city of Ghent.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Around 12.000 people joined Austrian leaders to pay homage to the victims, beginning beside the French Embassy and moving to the square next to the palace of the country's President, who also attended. The Vienna State Opera Choir sang works by Mozart and Verdi.
MADRID, SPAIN: Those gathering included several hundred Muslims, who carried banners saying 'Not in our name'. They assembled next to the train station where in March 2004 bombs on rush-hour trains killed 191 people in Europe's deadliest Islamic terror attack.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Around a hundred people, mostly French citizens, took part in a silent march in Moscow's Gorky Park. 'I am a French citizen who wants to tell the terrorists that we will fight against the terror and for freedom,' said France's ambassador to Russia Jean-Maurice Ripert.
MONTREAL, CANADA: Thousands of people, repeatedly chanting 'Charlie', marched including Laurent Beltritti, a French flight attendant on a stopover, who said: 'I thought it was important to protest in favour of freedom and the right to express oneself without being killed by fanatics'.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Scores of demonstrators gathered in central Istanbul for a small rally. Minutes after the remembrance got underway, a man, apparently critical of the gesture, tried to cut them off, shouting 'Muslim blood is being shed!' The man was detained and carried away by riot police.
BEIRUT, LEBANON: Around 200 protesters gathered to condemn the attacks, carrying signs that said 'We are not afraid,' and 'Je Suis Ahmed,' - referring to the French Muslim police officer, Ahmed Merabet, who was killed as he confronted the gunmen.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: Several hundred people gathered at a memorial ceremony at Jerusalem's City Hall to express solidarity with France and the French Jewish community as officials hoisted 1,500 French flags throughout the city.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK: About 200 Palestinians and foreign supporters held a solidarity rally in the central Manara Square saying France and the Palestinians share the same values - liberty, equality and saving modern civilization against the 'criminals' spreading across the Arab world.
GAZA CITY: In Gaza, around 20 people held a candlelight vigil. Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, said: 'We are here in this vigil against terrorism. The French people are friends of the Palestinian people and support them, so we are supporting them in return.'
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: More than 500 people rallied in Martin Place, where a shotgun-wielding Islamic State movement supporter took 18 people hostage in a cafe last month. The standoff ended 16 hours later when police stormed the cafe in a barrage of gunfire to free the captives.
TOKYO, JAPAN: A couple of hundred people, mostly French residents of Japan, gathered in the courtyard of the French Institute in Tokyo. The institute opened as normal during the ceremony, with students shuffling in as the French flag - tied with a black ribbon - hung over the balcony.
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Hundreds of mostly French-speaking New Yorkers braved below-freezing temperatures and held pens aloft at a rally in Washington Square Park, where a leather-clad pole dancer gyrated in a display meant to reflect the over-the-top cartoons in Charlie Hebdo.
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United: European Commission President President Jean-Claude Juncker, Mr Netanyahu, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Keita, Mrs Merkel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as they attend the march
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DOZENS OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SET TO JOIN MARCH
Today's historic mass rally in Paris is expected to draw more than a million people and a long list of world leaders in tribute to 17 people killed in three days of Islamist attacks.
It will include dozens of heads of state and government, along with French political leaders from both the left and right. Here is a list of world political figures who have confirmed their attendance:
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French President Francois Hollande
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
British Prime Minister David Cameron
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
European Parliament President Martin Schulz
European Union President Donald Tusk
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico
Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boïko Borissov
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat
Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven
Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibachvili
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz
NORTH AMERICA
US Attorney General Eric Holder
Canadian Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney
MIDDLE EAST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
Jordanian King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan
Qatari Sheikh Mohamed Ben Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani
Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled ben Ahmed Al Khalifa and Prince Abdullah Ben Hamad al-Khalifa
AFRICA
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Gabonese President Ali Bongo
Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou
Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi
Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa
Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra
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WORLD LEADERS FROM COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS IN PAST YEAR
Many of the world leaders attending the march today come from countries which have imprisoned journalists in the past year.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says 221 journalists were jailed worldwide last year – with seven of these in Turkey, whose Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was at the march.
Other countries who jailed media employees last year, and also had representatives at the march, included Bahrain (six imprisoned), and Algeria and Russia (both one).
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That's one of the reasons that makes me happy and make me believe again in this word/life
What a beautiful way to show love
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Around 12.000 people joined Austrian leaders to pay homage to the victims, beginning beside the French Embassy and moving to the square next to the palace of the country's President, who also attended. The Vienna State Opera Choir sang works by Mozart and Verdi.
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I was one of them
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The French People have always been so strong, brave, and all for liberty. I love them and hope to be a citizen one day! They will NOT put up with threats to their freedom (of any kind!)!!
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Amazing
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This makes me love humanity
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Yes 
Srsly, if all the people of the World teamed up against ISIS, they would be wiped out in a split second. Sanity trumps deranged radicals every single time
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I don't understand how this thread has so little posts, yet a hate thread has so many.
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Holy **** this is amazing
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Yess!!
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I don't understand how this thread has so little posts, yet a hate thread has so many.
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IKR... it's time for #Freedom
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I was there, in the streets of Paris...
It's great when we are all united.... We should always be like that.
We made history. Proud.
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The hypocrisy.
Anyway, this was symbolical so
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I wish I could have been there 
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Almost 4 million wow
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Slay Paris!
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I saw it on TV, this is amazing
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Omg that is great! The entire world doing something all together! 
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