Vigils and Remembrance

Candlelit vigils and floral offerings at graves, capturing moments of mourning and remembrance across various cultures.

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Xoxocotlan Cemetary, elaborate displays of graveside offerings to the dead.
North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Xoxocotlan Cemetary, elaborate displays of graveside offerings to the dead.
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People lighting candles at marine drive paying homage to victims of terrorist attack by deccan mujahedeen Bombay Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox
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Italy, Marche. Loreto. Ambulant Shop Of Religious Objects.
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10/24/2018. Madrid, 01/09/2020. Funeral mass for the Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.
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Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Tomb of St Anthony of Padua. Padua. Italy.
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Italy, Rome on 2022-04-15. Easter ceremony and torchlight procession at the foot of the hill in the presence of Pope Francis. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Italy, Rome le 2022-04-15. Ceremonie de Paques et procession aux flambeaux au pied du Collisee en presence du Pape Francois. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.
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Grave on the Sacred Heart Cemetery where the remains of unidentified migrants are buried, Falfurrias, Texas, United States, North America
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People kiss the wooden plate which marks the grave of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.
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Women wearing traditional Potosi rebozos and carrying candles.
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London, UK. 6th June, 2021. Shoes outside the High Commission of Canada, symbolising the recent discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a large residential school in Canada. Credit: Jessica Girvan/Alamy Live News
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People light candles in the shape of a ribbon during an awareness rally on the eve of World Aids Day in Agartala, Tripura, India.
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France, Ile De France, Paris, Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Visitors Surrounding Jim Morrison Grave With A Woman Knelling By The Grave Stone Lighting A Candle
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Chain-link fence, bearing flags, hats, rosaries, and other items, that serves as the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring thepassengers and crew of Flight 93, hijacked on September 11, 2001. Secretary Gale Norton visited the site to swear in the members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission
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Tibetans holding photograph of Dalai Lama protesting in candle light against Chinese crackdown in Tibet Bombay Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox
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Germany, Bavaria, Young woman visiting a tombstone in cemetery
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USA, Tennessee, Memphis, Graceland, Elvis' Gravesite
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Memorial to indigenous residential school children who lost their lives and survivors on the first National Day For Truth And Reconciliation in Canada
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Easter ceremony and torchlight procession at the foot of the hill in the presence of Pope Francis. Italy, Rome.
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The Hall of Names at Yad Vashem; Jerusalem.
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Vancouver BC, Canada-August 15, 2021. A sign never forget is on display on the steps at the memorial for the mourning of the First Nation Kids.
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Hamtramck, Michigan USA, 29 January 2017, Flowers left on a bench as hundreds rallied at Hamtramck City Hall against President Trump's ban on immigration from seven Muslim nations. Hamtramck is a city of immigrants, a large number of whom are from Yemen. The city is governed by a Muslim-majority city council and is a sanctuary city. As-Salaam Alaikum means ""peace be unto you."".
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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.
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Pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago offering votive stones and offerings in Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross), Foncebadón hill, Bierzo region,, Castile and Leon, Spain.
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On the gates of the Embassy of Ukraine, Bucharest, Romania flowers, banner designs to pay tribute to the Ukrainians who died in the war. (Photo by: Pascal Bachelet/BSIP/UIG)
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Images of famous Vietnamese communist figures Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap and former party leader Nguyen Phu Trong for sale as souvenirs at Ho Chi Minh Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Ottawa, Canada. June 1st, 2021. A memorial to the 215 children found buried at a former Kamloops, British Columbia residential school laid at the Centennial Flame in front of the Canadian Parliament. People have been bringing kids shoes, stuffed animals and flowers to pay respect to the children whose bodies were uncovered in the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School as Canadians continue to wrestle with the history of Aboriginal Residential Schools throughout the country, as well as the historical treatment of First Nations communities. Credit: meanderingemu/Alamy Live News
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Mexico, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Day of the Dead Altar
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Germany, Berlin, 08. 05. 2020, Liberation Day, memorial in Tiergarten, flowers, wreaths, Europe
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Vintage Photograph. Easter lilies near fountains at Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, Frame 1
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Vancouver, Canada - July 1,2022: View of sign No Pride in Genocide as part of protest against celebration of Canada day in front of Vancouver Art Gall
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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.
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South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires. Dolls, flags, and other crafts for sale at a festival of the Coro de A.S.R.A.U., Honor Umbandista, religion.
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Ottawa, Canada - August 21, 2021: TeePee erected on Parliament Hill by members of the The Blinding Light Walk - Tiger Lily movement which walked from Sudbury, ON in order to effect more reconciliation measures and further amending of the Indian Act of 1876 by the Canadian government. The many toys left by people to honor the many residential school children are still in place
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13 03 2025, Germany, NRW, religion, Christianity, decorated altar with inscription under a statue of Jesus at the roadside, germany copyright: XD.XKERLEKIN/SNOWFELDXPHOTOGYX SF130325
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Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Tomb of St Anthony of Padua. Faithful people touching the grave. Padua. Italy.
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Attendees of the 34th Annual Candlelight Vigil hold candles during the event in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2022. During the event, the names engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial are read aloud to memorialize those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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A garland from the United States conveys Christmas greetings to the people of East Germany as it bedecks the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Old man on graveyard looking at gravestone
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Detroit, Michigan USA, 7 November 2023, Members and supporters of Jewish Voice for Peace held a vigil outside Congressman Shri Thanedar's office, calling for him to support a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. They lit yahrzeit candles in memory of the dead
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Donbas Conflict Memorial Flower Laying with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Metropolitan Epiphaniy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.
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Aerial view of people working along the Ganges river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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France, Reunion Island, St-Pierre, grave of African sorcerer Le Sitarane
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Scrasy to the Hindu faith. Bali, Indonesia Supporting of the Hindu faith. Bali, Indonesia
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Anefo photo collection. Demonstration in Amsterdam in connection with the death of 4 Ned. Journalists and the situation in El Salvador. For American consulate 5 wooden crosses /. March 19, 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Ottawa, Canada. June 1st, 2021. A memorial to the 215 children found buried at a former Kamloops, British Columbia residential school laid at the Centennial Flame in front of the Canadian Parliament. People have been bringing kids shoes, stuffed animals and flowers to pay respect to the children whose bodies were uncovered in the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School as Canadians continue to wrestle with the history of Aboriginal Residential Schools throughout the country, as well as the historical treatment of First Nations communities. Credit: meanderingemu/Alamy Live News
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Dawn Schultz,the wife of the 26th Commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Karl Schultz, participates in the 34th Annual Candlelight Vigil in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2022. During the event, the names engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial are read aloud to memorialize those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Women doing Tulsi puja, varanasi, uttar pradesh, india Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox
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Omikuji. Omikuji are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan
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A memorial to the children in residential schools, British Columbia provincial parliament building. Victoria, BC, Canada.
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L'arbre a clous, a Belgian wishing tree in Jurbeke, Jurbise, Herchies, Hainaut, Belgium, Europe
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Prayer cards of Blessed Carlo Acutis placed among votive candles, youthful saint inspiring modern devotion.
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Graffiti on rocks at ozram beach little vagator beach in Goa India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox
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Grave of Johann Sebastian Bach in Sanctuary of Leipzig, Germany's St. Thomas Church where he served as musical director and organist for 27 years.
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World War II survivors place candles inside a lantern during the Hasso Mangilao Memorial ceremony in Mangilao, Guam on July 12, 2022. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941.
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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
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Europe, Poland, Warsaw
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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.
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Marines, Sailors, and families participate in asunrise service held by the station chapel atMCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Apr. 17, 2022. Theservice was held by the MCAS Iwakuni Chapelin celebration of the Easter holiday. Sunriseservices are traditionally held by churches earlyEaster morning because the sunrise representsthe idea of going from darkness to light; fromdeath to life.
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Funeral for Reema Samaha,28, killed in the Virginia Tech shooting masacre
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Gravestone, memorial stone for the sisters Margot and Anne Frank, memorial site, former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Nationwide campaign Empty Chairs, Gastro needs help on the cathedral square in Magdeburg
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Christmas market in a catholic parish.