Memorials and Vigils

A collection of memorials featuring flowers, candles, and tributes honoring victims of tragedies, expressing solidarity and remembrance in various emotional settings.

Bulgaria, Central Mountains, Stara Zagora, street memorial for child along Tsar Simeon Veliki Street

Hannaches cemetery

Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Memorial to Victims of World War II. Floral offerings.

Mausoleum at St. Louis #3 Cemetery on All Saints Day, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, North America

Commemorative event on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, in memory of the victims of National Socialism, at the Memorial to the Homosexuals Persecuted under National Socialism in Berlin, 31 January 2024

Bulgaria, Central Mountains, Stara Zagora, street memorial for child along Tsar Simeon Veliki Street

Vigil in St Ann's Square, Manchester, during the days following the 22 May 2017, suicide bombing, carried out at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, following a concert by American singer Ariana Grande.

Germany, Berlin, 27.01.2026, Holocaust Memorial, International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, Roses

Eternal flame with flowers assigned to it. Celebration of May 9 Victory in the Great Patriotic War.. Eternal flame with flowers assigned to it

Madrid, 10/30/2011. Almudena Cemetery. All Saints' Day Eve. Photo: of San Bernardo. Archdc.

mercado de flores frente a la Iglesia de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, America Central.

niches, Alqueria Blanca and Calonge cemetery, Santanyi, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Italy, Fiesole, elderly man placing flowers in cemetery

Marratxi, municipal cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Blick auf den Gedenkplatz am Westportal der Johanniskirche Magdeburg wo am 21.12.2024 Betroffene und Trauernde Menschen Blumen,Kerzen und Teddys niederlegen *** View at the Memorial Square on West Portal the St. John s Church Magdeburg where on 21 12 2024 Parties concerned and mourning People Flowers,Candles and Teddy s resign 1089915305

Emotionaler Aushang an Anschlagsort München Am Anschlagsort in München, bei dem ein Autofahrer vermeintlich afghanischer Herkunft absichtlich ein Auto in eine Demonstration gelenkt hat, sind Blumen und Kerzen zum Gedenken platziert. Daneben wurde ein emotionaler Aushang aufgehängt, der auf Personen unterschiedlicher Herkunft unter den Opfer hinweist und zum Zuammenhalt aufruft. *** Emotional notice at Munich attack site Flowers and candles have been placed at the site of the attack in Munich, where a driver of allegedly Afghan origin deliberately drove a car into a demonstration, in memory of the victims An emotional notice has also been put up, drawing attention to people of different origins among the victims and calling for solida

Eternal flame with flowers assigned to it. Celebration of May 9 Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Poltavskaya, Russia

Strauß weißer und roter Rosen mit roter Schleife und Grablicht auf einem Grab mit unbeschriftetem Holzkreuz *** Strauss White and Red Roses with Red Loop and Grave light at a Grave with unbeschriftetem Wooden cross 1133500012

Germany, Berlin, 27.01.2026, Holocaust Memorial, International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, roses, candles

Single Urn Grave with grave arrangements after a burial, emty graves next to it, allesstraße Cemetery, Riesa, Saxony, Germany

Russia, Novgorod Oblast, Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Kremlin, World War Two memorial

Madrid, 10/30/2011. Almudena Cemetery. All Saints' Day Eve. Mausoleum tomb of the Flores family: Lola, Antonio and "el Pescailla". Photo: of San Bernardo. Archdc.

Strauss white and red roses on the grave after funeral Strauß Weißer and red roses with red loop and grave light on a grave with unlabeled wooden cross

catatumbas del cementerio de Palma,Conmemoracion de los Fieles Difuntos, popularmente llamada Dia de Muertos o Dia de Difuntos, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Day of the Dead is celebrated intensely around Lake Patzcuaro. Preparations include cemetery cleaning and repair, and the creation of flowered arches for church gates. Patzcuaro, Mexico

Religious faithful, Calvary Church, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, Central America

Kun Iam Temple. Ancestors' Hall.

Friedhof, Trauer, Blumen vor einem Gemeinschaftsgrab mit Grabstein *** Cemetery, Mourning, Flowers before a Community grave with Gravestone 1131602634

26 02 2024 Memorial to Alexei Navalny Würzburg Memorial to Alexei Navalny Alte Mainbrücke Würzburg Würzburg

Freshly painted colorful graves, Day of the Dead celebration at the General Cemetery, Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Grave Of A Teenager Shot In A Hunting Accident During The Celebration Of D

Kerzen und Blumen am Tatort des Anschlages in München Kerzen und Blumen am Tatort des Anschlages in München. Trauernde haben Blumen und Kerzen am Tatort abgelegt, ein Absperrband der Polizei verhindert den ungeingeschränkten Zugang, da die Stätte für anstehende Reden politischer Vertreter gesichert wurde *** Candles and flowers at the scene of the attack in Munich Candles and flowers at the scene of the attack in Munich Mourners have laid flowers and candles at the scene of the attack, a police cordon prevents unrestricted access as the site has been secured for upcoming speeches by political representatives

Child at a carpet of flowers during the Corpus Christi procession, Muehldorf am Inn, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Two old woman in scarves at graveyard, Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Mexico;Two women assisting an elderly relative,visiting a cemetery for the Mexican Day of the Dead

niches, Alqueria Blanca and Calonge cemetery, Santanyi, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

All Saints Day at Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.

Italy, Liguria, Cinque Terre, Monterosso al Mare, A section of the town cemetery above the town with inscribed marble walls of niches wherein people are buried.

Officiating prayers and offerings for the Day of the Dead Officiating prayers and offerings for the Day of the Dead, General Cemetery, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22071285

The traditional commemoration ceremony Flowers for Stukenbrock, here on 01. 09. 1973 the anti-war day in Stukenbrock near Bielefeld- the Nazi victims were honoured at the Soviet war captives, Germany, Europe

FLOWERS at RAJ GHAT, the cremation site of Mahatma GANDHI, J. Nehru, and Indira Gandhi - DELHI, INDIA

Grave decoration on fresh grave, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Woman praying in a chapel. Les Contamines. France. (Les Contamines, Haute-Savoie, France)

Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia

Flowers and chalk outside the Supreme Court for Justice Ginsburg

Italy, Sicily, Noto, the popular Infiorata festival

Officiating prayers and offerings for the Day of the Dead, General Cemetery, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

RUSSIA, Moscow: Tomb of Honour for WW II victims at the Kremlin wall

Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns honors the memory of the victims of the tragic events of last week in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 25, 2014.

Italian monumental cemetery: collection of two hundreds years old statues

Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Tomb of Jim Morrison, singer. Paris. France.

San Andres Itzapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. People praying at a temple to San Simon, or Maximon. (Editorial Use Only)

Processional step of christ carrying the cross

Blick auf den Gedenkplatz am Westportal der Johanniskirche Magdeburg wo am 21.12.2024 Betroffene und Trauernde Menschen Blumen,Kerzen und Teddys niederlegen *** View at the Memorial Square on West Portal the St. John s Church Magdeburg where on 21 12 2024 Parties concerned and mourning People Flowers,Candles and Teddy s resign 1089915304

Ojizo Sama stone statues at cemetery in Shiga, Japan.

oficiando plegarias y ofrendas del dia de muertos, cementerio General, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Light festival and feast of the Immaculate Conception, St. John´s Cathedral, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

Prayerful visitor at Centotaph for A-bomb victims of WWII in Hiroshima, Japan's Peace Memorial Park.

On the 69th anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden, Dresdeners commemorate with candles at the Church of Our Lady

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event in various events. A human chain, here on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady, was intended to send a signal against the war

Commemorating the dead from the bloodiest Maidan demonstration in February 2014, pictures of the victims, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe

Graves containing cremation ashes in the wall of Nha Trang Cathedral, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Expedition 65 prime crew member NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei lays flowers at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Red Square in Moscow.

Flower market in front of the Church of Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Religious faithful, Calvary Church, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, Central America

On the gates of the Embassy of Ukraine - Bucharest - Romania flowers, banner designs to pay tribute to the Ukrainians who died in the war

The gravesites are decorated with flowers at the Cayambe cemetery in the highlands of Ecuador near Quito.

Blick auf den Gedenkplatz am Westportal der Johanniskirche Magdeburg wo am 21.12.2024 Betroffene und Trauernde Menschen Blumen,Kerzen und Teddys niederlegen *** View at the Memorial Square on West Portal the St. John s Church Magdeburg where on 21 12 2024 Parties concerned and mourning People Flowers,Candles and Teddy s resign 1089915306

mercado de flores frente a la Iglesia de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, America Central.

Antigua, Guatemala: During the observance of Lent the streets are covered with natural, aromatic carpets (alfombras) of flowers, pines, clover and fruits.

Seville, 04/04/2020. Palm Sunday. Plaza de San Juan de la Palma, the non-exit of the brotherhood of Bitterness. Photo: JM Serrano. Archsev.

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event in various events. Memorial on the Altmarkt, Dresdeners put up candles

Wall of Death with flower offerings, Auschwitz, Poland.

A Family Pass Holder lays a wreath at their loved one's gravesite in Columbarium Court 9 as part of Family Pass Holder Day for the 31st Wreaths Across America Event at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 11, 2022.

Good Friday procession, Boac, island of Marinduque, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Spontaneous vigil for Helen Joanne 'Jo' Cox, (1974 16 June 2016). Cox was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) from May 2015 to her murder in June 2016

Poland, Czestochowa, Jasna Gora, Statue of Cardinal Wyszynski

Romania, Maramures Region, Sapanta, The Merry Cemetery with hand carved gravestones with amusing stories about the departed

Pistsovo village, Ivanovo region, Russia - 05/09/2019: Obelisk to soldiers killed in the Great Patriotic War, 05/09/2019 in Pistsovo, Ivanovo region, Russia.

Mourning ceremony for victims of the Euromaidan in Kiev, Lviv, Western Ukraine, Ukraine, Europe

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event at various events. A giant candle, into which citizens could place small candles, commemorates the event in front of the rebuilt Church of Our Lady, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Memorial of Michael Jackson at the monument of Orlando di Lasso, Promenadeplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a large solidarity rally of Dresdeners with numerous Ukrainian refugees took place on Neumarkt in front of the Church of Our Lady. At the end, all participants came together to form a large chain of lights

Guatemala, San Bartolome, In observance of Lent the Catholic celebrations leading to Holy Week images of Jesus and the Holy Virgin are carried from their churches through the city.

Memorial to the Victims of Communism, Lviv, Ukraine

The honouring of the dead by the Nazi regime on Good Friday 1945, here in Dortmund on 9 April 1971, was linked to a demonstration in Rombergpark with topical relevance, Germany, Europe

Inauguration of the Reichsbanner memorial stele for the 100th founding anniversary on the cathedral square in the state capital Magdeburg in 2024, Inauguration of the Reichsbanner memorial stele for the 100th founding anniversary on the cathedral square in the state capital Magdeburg in 2024

Prayer vigil. European Meeting of Taize Community. St Perter's square. Rome. Italy.

Exvotos in the hermitage of Sant Salvador del Bosc.Valle de Barcedana.Montsec de Rúbies.Lleida.Cordillera pirenaica.Catalunya.Spain.

Candles burn in memory of those killed during the governmental upheaval in Romania as West Germans maintain a virgil near the newly opened Brandenburg Gate..

Flowers on grave, Cemetery, Kangerluk, Greenland, North America

Shrine

Holocaust Memorial Day at Yad Vashem Jerusalem

The Mangilao Memorial is honored with a wreath during the Hasso Mangilao Memorial ceremony in Mangilao, Guam on July 12, 2022. This memorial, constructed in 2019, features a granite memorial placed on top of a concrete pedestal.

Memorial of Michael Jackson at the monument of Orlando di Lasso, Promenadeplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Italy. Tuscany. Siena. Cathedral. Offerings for Thanking.

Statue at a memorial, Holocaust Memorial, Lviv, Ukraine

Italy, Sicily, Noto, the popular Infiorata festival

Picture with peace dove and flag of Ukraine on silk cloths in the Ukrainian national colours blue and yellow in the sanctuary of Germany's first private ecumenical motorway church Geiselwind Light on our way on the A 3 between Wuerzburg and Nuremberg, Geiselwind, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mourners gather at the Supreme Court to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Short walkway decorated with paper flowers and the crown that is at the top of the tabuleiro, which normally contains a white dove, symbolizing the Holy Spirit.

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