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  • Paris Unity March
    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (2ndL), French President Francois Hollande (C), Germany's Chancellor Angela Merke (4thL), European Council President Donald Tusk (5thL) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend the solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
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    A general view shows Hundreds of thousands of people gathering on the Place de la Republique to attend the solidarity march (Rassemblement Republicain) in the streets of Paris.Reuters
  • Paris Unity March
    Citizens carrying a giant cardboard pencil reading "Not Afraid" take part in a Hundreds of thousands of French citizens solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
  • Paris Unity March
    Paris Mosque rector Dalil Boubakeur (C), French political, religious and personalties take part in a solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
  • Paris Unity March
    People hold panels to create the eyes of late Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier, known as "Charb", as hundreds of thousands of French citizens take part in a solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
  • Paris Unity March
    Citizens carrying giant cardboard pencils reading "I'm Charlie" take part in a Hundreds of thousands of French citizens solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
  • Paris Unity March
    Citizens carrying a banner which reads, "We're all French today" take part in a Hundreds of thousands of French citizens solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
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    (L-R) Jean Louis Borloo, former head of the Union Democratic Independant (UDI) political party, French Social Affairs, Health and Women Rights Minister Marisol Touraine, and French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene Royal take part in a solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
  • Paris Unity March
    A general view shows hundreds of thousands of French citizens taking part in a solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters
  • Paris Unity March
    A general view shows hundreds of thousands of French citizens taking part in a solidarity march in the streets of Paris.Reuters

For the Paris unity march in the French capital on Sunday, world leaders joined around 1.5 million people to pay tributes to the 17 victims of three incidents, including the attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last Wednesday.

The attack took place after Charlie Hebdo magazine tweeted a cartoon featuring ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with a caption "Meilleurs vœux, au fait" that can be translated as "Best wishes, by the way".

While 12 were killed in the attack on the magazine's offices, four Jews were killed in a seige at a Jewish store in Paris; one policewoman was also killed. 

French president Francois Hollande and more than 40 world leaders from Germany, Turkey, Britain, Italy, as well as Israel and the Palestinian territories attended the unity march that moved off from the central Place de la Republique on Sunday.

Demonstrators used flags, pencils and signs to express freedom of press and also chanted: "We are all Charlie," and "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Secularism."

"I'm French and I'm not scared", "Make fun, not war" and "Ink should flow, not blood," some banners read.

Watch the video of Paris Unity March below: