At the end of another week of (very small) achievements in managing Europe’s refugee crisis—the EU agreed on a quota system and US president Barack Obama said the US would house 10,000 Syrians—people marched on Sept. 12 to express their solidarity. All over Europe and in the US, signs in many languages welcoming the refugees and condemning xenophobia showed that for every refugee-hater there are compassionate fellow human beings.
Below some pictures from the rallies, in a wonderful display of polyglot empathy.
France
Reuters/Eric Gaillard
Portugal
EPA/Antonio Cotrim
UK
The Netherlands
EPA/Bart Maat
Austria
EPA/Georg Hochmuth
Germany
EPA/Timm Schamberger
Greece
EPA/Alexandros Vlachos
Italy
EPA/Claudio Furlan
Spain
EPA/Juan Gonzales
Romania
Andreea Alexandru/Mediafax via AP
Poland
AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski
Adam Ihse/TT via AP