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By Giselle Rodríguez
Large numbers of people around the world gathered for candlelight vigils and monuments arround the world were lit up in the colors of the French flag after the terrorists attacks on Friday night that left at least 129 dead in Paris.
Some global landmarks that were lit up in red, white and blue are the Senate building and the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City, the World Trade Center in New York, the London Eye and Tower Bridge in London, Sydney's Opera House, the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, the Madrid City Hall, the Peace Bridge, which connects Canada and the United States, the Tokyo Skytree and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai, among others.
Also, thousands of people changed their Facebook profile picture to the colors of the French flag, leading to heated discussions on social networks about the world's "selective grief" in which Western victims of terrorism seem to matter more than those of other countries.
The deadliest attack on Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings laid bare Islamic State's capability to strike at the heart of Europe and the difficulty of monitoring the movements of militants intent on killing. It also triggered a debate on Europe's refugee policies and the failures of Western policy in Syria and pushed France to impose temporary border controls.
