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Members of the French football team observe a minute's silence as they pay tribute to the 130 people killed by jihadist gunmen in the November 2015 Paris attacks. IMAGES
The French Senate observes a minute's silence for the victims of the Hamas attacks in Israel, whose people are "bruised, traumatised" but "valiant", according to the President of the Upper Chamber, Gérard Larcher. IMAGES
The United Nations Assembly observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. "The United Nations is mobilizing to support emergency response and so let's work together in solidarity to assist all those hit by this disaster," said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The combined death toll rose to more than 2,300 for Turkey and Syria on Monday from the region's strongest earthquake in nearly a century. IMAGES
The European Parliament in Strasbourg holds a minute of silence in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as they open their plenary session. Parliament speaker Roberta Metsola leads the tribute by saying: "Few have shaped global history like Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and her words on European unity spoken in this European Parliament in 1992 still resonate today." IMAGES
During the opening of the 51st session of the Human Rights Council, the assembly marks a minute of silence in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the British delegate Simon Manley. IMAGES