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Photos: Paris’s eerie, uneasy quiet the morning after deadly terror attacks

A man reads a newspaper with a headline reading “War in the heart of Paris” in a hotel lobby in Paris.
A man reads a newspaper with a headline reading “War in the heart of Paris” in a hotel lobby in Paris.
Image: AP Photo/Peter Dejong
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Annalisa Merelli
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After the deadly attacks shook Paris on the evening and night of Nov. 13, president François Hollande called the state of emergency and Parisians were advised to stay indoors and safe until the state of emergency was over. Schools, museums, markets and many other public places will remain closed on Nov. 14:

After the many thousands who were out last night managed to find shelter, and as the dead and wounded were transported away from the streets, the city fell into the deepest emptiness and silence.

The only people to be seen were police and military, and a few mourners bringing tributes to the victims:

Visitors are for the most part confining themselves to their hotels:

A man reads a newspaper with a headline reading “War in the heart of Paris” in a hotel lobby in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.
A man reads a newspaper with a headline reading “War in the heart of Paris” in a hotel lobby in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.
Image: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

 

 

Locals can’t access their neighborhoods:

A roadblock in rue de Charonne, Paris.
A roadblock in rue de Charonne, Paris.
Image: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

Outside the restaurant where some people were shot, there were only police and mourners:

Outside Le Bataclan.
Outside Le Bataclan.
Image: AP Photo/Amr Nabil

The city’s most famous landmarks were deserted, and patrolled by police:

Police patrol at Place de la République.
Police patrol at Place de la République.
Image: Reuters/Pascal Rossignol
La Tour Eiffel.
La Tour Eiffel.
Image: Reuters/Yves Herman

Stations were empty:

Gare du Nord train station.
Gare du Nord train station.
Image: Reuters/Yves Herman

And so were trains:

For the first time in its 23-year history, Disneyland Paris was closed:

But just before silence descended on the city, there were some sounds of hope and defiance, as people exited the soccer game in Stade de France, singing La Marseillaise, France’s national anthem:

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