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Monuments across the world lit up in solidarity with France after attack

French President Francois Hollande announced the extension of state of emergency' by 3 months.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-07-16 03:56 GMT
The Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice turned into a pool of blood and tears after 84 people were crushed to death by a truck when it slammed into a crowd of people who had gathered to watch fireworks display. The London Eye is illuminated in the colours of the French flag in tribute to the attacks in Nice, in London.
The bloodshed came on Bastille Day, a celebration of everything France holds dear, its secular republic and the values of \"Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite\" (Freedom, Equality, Fraternity).
The attack comes with France under a state of emergency following the Islamic State attacks in Paris in November that left 130 people dead.
With the Ottoman-era Mecidiye mosque in Ortakoy square in the foreground, Istanbul's iconic Bosporus Bridge is lit in the colours of the French flag.
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the French national colors in honor of the victims of Thursday's attack in Nice.
Cars pass by the National Assembly illuminated in the French national colors in honor of the victims of Thursday's attack in Nice, south of France, in Paris.
The French national colors are projected onto the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.
Istanbul's iconic Bosporus Bridge is lit in the colours of the French flag in solidarity with the victims of in Nice.
People stand in front of Athens' town hall, illuminated in the colours of the French flag, in Athens.
French President Francois Hollande announced the extension of state of emergency' by 3 months.

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