A state of emergency has been declared across France after attacks in Paris killed at least 129 people, in what President François Hollande said was an 'act of war' organised by the Islamic State. (Photo: AP)
An unnamed man brings his portable grand piano and plays John Lennon's Imagine outside the Bataclan concert hall after recent attacks. (Photo: AP)
Even before the Paris attacks, France had announced that its sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, would be deployed to the Middle East, arriving on November 18. (Photo: AFP)
Two men paint a mural reads, "Pray for Paris" in tribute to the victims. France, which has described the Paris assault as an act of war, can quickly ramp up its contribution to the air campaign against Islamic State targets. (Photo: AFP)
The terror attacks are likely to galvanise a stronger global military response to Islamic State, after a U.S.-led air war that has lasted more than a year has failed to contain a group now proving itself to be a growing worldwide threat. (Photo:
Eiffel Tower was closed indefinitely following the wave of deadly attacks after the management decided to close the monument, normally visited by upto 20,000 people a day. (Photo: AP)
The bloodshed came as France, a founder member of the US-led coalition, waging air strikes against Islamic State, was already on high alert for terrorist attacks. (Photo: AP)
Sources close to the inquiry said one of the dead gunmen was French with ties to Islamist militants and had been under surveillance by security services. (Photo: AP)
Paris has cancelled all public transportation services including the metro as French newspapers decried a 'War in the heart of Paris' with black mastheads. (Photo: AP)
In the worst carnage, three gunmen systematically killed at least 89 people at a rock concert by an American band at the Bataclan theater before detonating explosive belts as anti-terrorist commandos launched an assault. (Photo: AP)
Multiple gunmen opened fire during an Eagles of Death Metal concert inside Bataclan concert hall which killed 89 people. (Photo: AP)
President Hollande declared three days of official mourning as a stunned nation sought to comprehend the simultaneous assault on restaurants, a concert hall and the national soccer stadium on a busy Friday evening. (Photo: AP)
People cross the almost empty Champs Elysees avenue. The attack squeezed life out of Paris itself. Not all life but enough to create a jagged sense of emptiness. (Photo: AP)
Police officers,left, stand guard on the almost empty Champs Elysees avenue. Authorities asked citizens not to venture out unless it's very important. (Photo: AP)
As France awakened on Saturday, security was tight across the capital, where about 1,500 soldiers were deployed, leave was cancelled for police personnel and hospitals recalled staff to cope with casualties. (Photo: AP)