Minute silences, vigils and prayers continue across the globe as millions struggle to come to terms with the worst peacetime mass shooting in New Zealand history. Australia honoured the victims by lighting up some of the country’s most famous landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House which projected the Silver Fern of New Zealand on its sails. Hundreds of demonstrators also took part in an anti-racist and anti-fascist rally against Islamophobia in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the iconic Empire State building remained in darkness as a mark of respect, whilst hundreds of others attended a vigil held at the NYU Kimmel Centre in New York city.
In the Indian city of Hyderabad, which is home to almost 2 million followers of the Islamic faith, thousands of woman came together to hold a silent protest.
During the emotional service the woman all held a placard with the words: “Peace will save the world #Solidarity with New Zealand mosque victims.”
Tributes have poured in from across the world for the victims of the New Zealand terror attack (Image: GETTY/EPA/REUTERS)
Sydney Opera House projected the Silver Fern of New Zealand (Image: GETTY )
A Candelit Prayer is held outside the State Library of Victoria in Australia (Image: GETTY)
Mosques across Europe were also inundated with messages of support, some of the largest gatherings were seen in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, where hundreds marched outside the Hagia Sophia.
The alleged suspect Brenton Tarrant, 28, from
