Orlando shooting sparks horror around world, fear for the US
Beijing
FROM Russia to Brazil, from Buckingham Palace and the Vatican, world leaders and public figures have expressed horror at the shooting in Orlando, Florida, and sympathy for the victims.
Tel Aviv's City Hall was lit up in rainbow colours and with the American and Israeli flags in solidarity, while groups of people gathered in cities including Madrid, Rome, Paris and Sao Paolo holding banners and rainbow flags, and lighting candles.
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