4. Crowds have flooded the centre of Paris for a historic
demonstration against terrorism which is expected to attract
more than a million people.
World leaders including David Cameron, German Chancellor
Angela Markel, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu joined French President
Francois Hollande for the mass rally at the city's Republique
Square this afternoon.
The gathering was a show of defiance against this week's
terror attacks that killed 12 at French magazine Charlie
Hebdo, a policewoman in the streets of Paris and four
hostages after a siege at a Kosher supermarket, in a stream
of violence linked to radical Islamists.
5. Hundreds of thousands of French citizens take part in a solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau)
6. The crowd gather at Republique square in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Thousands of people began filling France’s iconic Republique plaza, and world
leaders converged on Paris. ASSOCIATED PRESS
7. Thousands of people gather at Republique square in Paris, Jan. 11, 2015. PETER DEJONG—AP
9. Thousands of people gather at Republique square in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
10. World leaders along with an estimated million people participate in a rally in the French capital on January 11, after a series of attacks over three days that resulted
in 17 casualties. (Pictured) Posters adorn the plinth of the statue of Marianne and a black armband is tied around the arm of a relief adoring the plinth at Place de la
Republique in Paris ahead of the rally. AFP/Getty Images
11. Posters are hung near Place de la Republique ahead of a mass rally to be led by French President Francoise Hollande. Getty Images
12. A man arrives at Place de la Republique ahead of the demonstration. ASSOCIATED PRESS
13. A sign which reads, 'Thank you Ahmed' refers to the police officer Ahmed Merabet who was shot outside the office of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine whose
Paris offices were attacked. AFP/Getty Images
17. A pencil is held aloft in a show of defiance. Getty Images
18. Posters adorn a wall in remembrance of those killed in attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Kosher supermarket last week, at the Place de la Republique in
Paris. AFP/Getty Images
19. Placards with the words 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) adorn the plinth of the statue of Marianne. AFP/Getty Images
20. A woman takes a photograph as people gather for the rally at the foot of the statue of Marianne, a centrepiece of Place de la Republique. AFP/Getty Images
21. Candles are placed to form the words 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) at the Place de la Republique. AFP/Getty Images
29. A man holds a pencil, which has become a symbol for the cartoonists and editors killed at Charlie Hebdo, as he takes part in a solidarity march in the streets of
Paris, Jan. 11, 2015. ERIC GAILLARD—REUTERS
30. A woman wears a tape with the word 'Liberte' (Freedom) on her mouth during a silent protest for the victims of the shooting at the Paris offices of weekly
newspaper Charlie Hebdo, at the Pariser Platz square in Berlin January 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke)
31. A woman wears a cartoon painting on the face during a silent protest for the victims of the shooting at the Paris offices of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, at the
Pariser Platz square in Berlin January 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke)
32. French President Francois Hollande, right, welcomes former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second from left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. ASSOCIATED
PRESS
33. French President Francois Hollande embraces German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, as she arrives at the Elysee Palace. ASSOCIATED PRESS
34. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Queen Rania of Jordan attend a mass unity
rally following the recent Paris terrorist attacks on January 11, 2015 in Paris, France. An estimated one million people have converged in central Paris for the Unity
March joining in solidarity with the 17 victims of this week's terrorist attacks in the country. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
35. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, back left, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second from left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, third from left, Spanish Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy, center, and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, back far right, leave the Elysee Palace to board a bus to join a rally, Paris, Sunday, Jan.
11, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
36. French President Francois Hollande is surrounded by head of states including (first row,LtoR) European Commission President European Commission President
Jean-Claude Juncker, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas and Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as they attend the solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January 11,
2015.(REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer)
37. French President Francois Hollande is surrounded by head of states including Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita,
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as they attend the solidarity march in
the streets of Paris Jan. 11, 2015. PHILIPPE WOJAZER—REUTERS
38. French President Francois Hollande is surrounded by Heads of state including (LtoR) Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali's President Ibrahim
Boubacar Keita, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Italy's Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi and Switzerland's President Simonetta Sommaruga as they attend the solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January 11, 2015.
REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
39. Family members and relatives of the seventeen victims take part in a solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January 11, 2015.
(REUTERS/Yves Herman)
40. A girl holds a sign during a rally by members of the Muslim community of Madrid outside Madrid's Atocha train station, January 11, 2015, in solidarity with the
victims of a shooting by gunmen at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and against Islamophobia. (REUTERS/Juan Medina)
41. Two young women hold a placard that reads "Islam = Peace" during a rally by members of the Muslim community of Madrid outside Madrid's Atocha train station,
January 11, 2015, in solidarity with the victims of a shooting by gunmen at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and against
Islamophobia. (REUTERS/Juan Medina)
42. A girl holds up a sign during a rally by members of the Muslim community of Madrid outside Madrid's Atocha train station, January 11, 2015, in solidarity with the
victims of a shooting by gunmen at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and against Islamophobia. The words on the birds read,
"Peace, Respect, Love, Tolerance and Coexistence". (REUTERS/Juan Medina)
43. A poster saying 'We Are All Charlie', decorated with pencils, is held aloft at Republique square in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
44. People holding a poster reading "Quick more democracy everywhere against barbarism" take part in a solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris
January 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal)
45. A balloon is held aloft at Place de la Bastille during the Unity rally in Paris Picture: JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
46. Signs adorn the plinth of the statue of Marianne Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
47. Israelis, mostly French Jews, hold signs that read, "I am Charlie," "Israel is Charlie" and "I am a Jew of France" during a gathering in the municipality in Jerusalem,
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the bodies of French Jews killed in a hostage standoff in a Paris grocery store will be buried
in Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
48. Hundreds of thousands of people take part in a solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Lyon January 11, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Pratta
49. Citizens carrying a banner which reads, "We are Charlie - Love stronger than the hatred" take part in a Hundreds of thousands of French citizens solidarity march
(Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January 11, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard