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Mourning Orlando’s Mass LGBT Murder

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Around the world, people gathered to honor the victims of the worst mass shooting on US soil after a gunman murdered 50 people at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando in the early hours of June 12.

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Mourners gather at a makeshift memorial prior to an evening vigil for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shootings, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The shooting at Pulse Nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, is the worst mass-shooting event in American history.

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A man holds a sign up during a vigil outside The Stonewall Inn remembering the victims of the Orlando massacre in New York, U.S., June 13, 2016.

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A woman wipes her eyes during a vigil for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 13, 2016 at Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida.

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Candles and flowers are left beside a photo of a victim of the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, at St Anne's Church in the Soho district of London, Britain June 13, 2016.

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People light candles in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Monday, June 13, 2016, during a vigil for the victims of Sunday's Orlando shootings at a gay nightclub in Florida. At least 5 of the 49 victims were from Ponce, the second largest city on Puerto Rico's souther coast.

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Johnpaul Vazquez, right, and his boyfriend, Yazan Sale, sit by Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, reflecting on the shooting at the Pulse nightclub that claimed 50 dead and left 50 others injured--a tragedy Vasquez and Sale narrowly missed: "We were supposed to go to the club last night, but I didn't feel right," said Vazquez.

It is the worst mass shooting in American history. Omar Mateen, 20, of Port St. Lucie, identified as the shooter. He was shot dead in a battle with police.

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On Sunday, mourners gather under an LGBT pride flag flying at half-mast for a San Diego candlelight vigil in remembrance of mass shooting victims in Orlando.

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People hold up signs for passing cars at a candlelight vigil in West Hollywood, California, following the early morning shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12.

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People hold up signs in solidarity at a June 12 San Diego candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando.

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Following Saturday night's shooting massacre in Orlando, a man lays flowers at a memorial outside The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, New York City, considered by some as the center of New York State's gay rights movement.

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People gather on June 13 at Taylor Square in Sydney, Australia for a vigil honoringr the victims of the Orlando nightclub mass shooting.

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Anita Busch, who says her cousin Micayla Medek, 23, was killed in the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, attends a candlelight vigil in West Hollywood, California, following the early morning attacks on a gay night club in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.

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Former Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra and Shawn Lang embarce after Segarra spoke during a vigil organized by the state's Muslim and LGBT communities on the steps of the state Capitol building in Hartford, Conn., on Sunday, June 12. The vigil honored the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando that took the lives of 50 people at a gay nightclub earlier that day.

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Outside the US embassy in Santiago, Chile on June 12, people place figures of Mickey Mouse, candles, and messages next to a rainbow flag during a vigil for victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The placard (L) reads "Chile grieves the victims."

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People hold hands in a circle during a vigil in a park following a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12.

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In San Francisco on June 12, people attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Orlando attack against a gay night club on June 12.

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Outside the US Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala, people take part in a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12.

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People hold a June 12 vigil in front of the White House after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

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