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In pictures: Tributes to Brussels victims

  • 23 March 2016
  • From the section Europe

Belgium is observing three days of mourning after Tuesday's deadly bomb attacks in the capital Brussels.

People carrying candles and flowers gathered in the Place de la Bourse in the heart of the city, in a show of defiance and unity.

Tributes are being paid to the victims near the Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station - the sites of the attacks.

The bombings, claimed by so-called Islamic State, have brought condemnation from around the world.

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Image caption Brussels residents - as well as tourists from around the world - have been bringing flowers and leaving messages of support near the sites of the attacks
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Image caption The square near the former city Bourse has been transformed into a makeshift shrine to the victims
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Image caption Some have been writing just one word: "Peace"
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Image caption Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde thanked members of the security services and also visited victims of the attacks at the city's Erasmus Hospital
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Image caption On Tuesday night , a vigil for the victims was held in the Place de la Bourse
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Image caption There is sorrow in the city but also defiance against those responsible
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Image caption A Belgian flag joined memorials to the victims of November's Paris attacks in the French capital's Place de la Republique
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Image caption The Eiffel Tower was illuminated in the national colours of Belgium
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Image caption Belgian embassies around the world have become focal points for tributes, as here in Budapest, Hungary
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Image caption And these flowers were laid outside the Belgian embassy in Washington DC
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Image caption US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took part in a moment of silence for the Brussels victims while on the campaign trail in Washington state
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Image caption City Hall in the Portuguese capital Lisbon was illuminated in Belgian national colours
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Image caption While Rome's Capitoline Hill also projected a tribute to those affected
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Image caption Expressions of solidarity were also found at a camp for migrants on the Greece-Macedonia border