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Photographs: Wellington Vigil for Paris
Photographs: Wellington Vigil for
Paris
In Wellington’s Civic Square on Wednesday the seventeenth of November a vigil was held for those lost and injured in the attacks in Paris over the weekend.
French flags were flown and music and conversation punctuated the somber occasion. A minute of silence was held.
Scoop photographer Olexander Barnes was present at the vigil.
Banners laid in
Civic Square
Banners laid in Civic Square
People gathered for the vigil
People gathered for the vigil
French Ambassador to New Zealand Florence Jeanblanc-Risler (left) and Wellington Mayor Celia Wade Brown
Florence Jeanblanc-Risler and Celia Wade Brown
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