How the world mourns for Orlando

Touching photos of makeshift memorials, spontaneous gatherings, and vigils to honor the victims of yet another mass shooting

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Vigil in New York at the Stonewall Inn for the Orlando shooting victims.
(Image credit: (EPA/JUSTIN LANE)Whether seeking comfort, understanding, camaraderie, or just a show of support and strength, such public forums of mourning have become a necessary antidote to the senseless)

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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.