Brandenburg Gate lit up in rainbow colours to commemorate Orlando victims

Record ID: 98859

  • Title: Brandenburg Gate lit up in rainbow colours to commemorate Orlando victims
  • Date: 18th June 2016
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 18, 2016) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** U.S. EMBASSY AT SQUARE IN FRONT OF BRANDENBURG GATE/ PEOPLE GATHERED FOR VIGIL, SOME CARRYING RAINBOW FLAGS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED FOR VIGIL RAINBOW FLAG AND U.S. EMBASSY STATUE ON TOP OF BRANDENBURG GATE (SOUNDBITE) (German) "MARGOT SCHLOENZKE" (STAGE NAME), SAYING: "I think especially Berlin has to set a sign. If Berlin does not, then which city will? We are one of the most open cities in the world, so we just must set such a sign. I think it's good that it happened today. One week late is a week late. But it isn't too late. 49 people lost their lives. And we will remember them for a long time to come." RAINBOW FLAG AND U.S. EMBASSY (SOUNDBITE) (English) "RYAN STECKEN" (STAGE NAME), SAYING: "So, it really angered me that nothing is really happening, the community doesn't have a chance to get together. And then I saw the pictures of London, and I was like, geez Berlin, how is it possible that you're not able to get this together? And then we were like, well then, guess we'll just have to do our own." TELEVISION TOWER IN BACKGROUND / BALLOONS AND HEART SIGN WITH RAINBOW COLOURS HEART SIGN WITH RAINBOW COLOURS, READING (English/French) "WORLD, WHERE IS YOUR 'JE SUIS ORLANDO?'"
  • Embargoed: 3rd July 2016 22:27
  • Keywords: gay nightclub Orlando shooting tribute rainbow colours Brandenburg Gate Berlin
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014MRX1DZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Berlin paid tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting on Saturday (June 18) by lighting up the Brandenburg Gate with rainbow colours.
    Several thousand people, authorities said, gathered for a vigil at the German capital's landmark to pay their respects to the victims of the massacre and show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
    Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others were wounded at the Pulse nightclub on Sunday (June 12) before the gunman what shot dead by police. It was the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
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