Enormous crowd gathers for French anti-terror rally: 'Today, Paris is the capital of the world'

Enormous crowd gathers for French anti-terror rally: 'Today, Paris is the capital of the world'
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Hundreds of thousands of people and dozens of world leaders amassed in Paris on Sunday for a unity march in response to a series of recent terror attacks.

Organizers expected up to one million people to attend the anti-terror event, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The rally comes after three self-proclaimed radical Muslims last week staged separate attacks on a Jewish supermarket and the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.