Artists around the world pay tribute to Nice victims
16 July 2016 12:43 PM IST16 July 2016 12:43 PM IST
The Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice turned into a pool of blood and tears.
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.- Some were tiny bodies. Kids. Their parents must have been so happy to give their kids a treat and bring them to see the fireworks on July 14th. And that's the heartbreak of it all...\" (Photo: BoredPanda/ sos angeles)
- the back of our minds throughout the weeks of the Euro tournament. But the Euro went off without a hitch and now I found myself in Nice touristy, beachy, laid-back Nice! And there were bodies everywhere,†says Valery Hache.. (Photo: Twitter/ @swahacartoons)
- Nice is a tourist magnet, not just for foreigners, but for the French as well. There were huge crowds here for the July 14th celebrations. (Photo: Twitter/ MsY3ti)
- Government's reaction: Hollande announced that the state of emergency would be extended by three months and army reservists called up to boost security. (Photo: Twitter/ @martelclem)
- The attack comes with France under a state of emergency following the Islamic State attacks in Paris in November that left 130 people dead. (Photo: Instagram/ aria.marli)
- People are wondering whether it was a Jihadist attack. The attack has not been claimed by any group, but French President Francois Hollande said in an address to the nation early Friday that the attack was of an \"undeniable terrorist nature\". (Photo: Facebook/ Carlos Henrique Latuff)
- “A journalist friend called, saying 'something serious has happened on the Promenade des Anglais', the city's main thoroughfare.†(Photo: BoredPanda/Kjorn)
- “Ten minutes after walking through the door of my apartment in the hills overlooking the city, I heard the sirens and saw the fire truck columns. I began to sense that something wasn't right, grabbed my cameras and headed back to my scooter,†said Valery Hache. (Photo: BoredPanda/ Droedels Van Rob Bouwman)
- Valery Hache was one of the first photographers to arrive on the scene of the attack in Nice on Thursday night and he captured striking images of the chaos and the truck, its windscreen riddled with bullet holes. (Photo: BoredPanda/ Isabella Ongaro)
- People screamed and scattered as the truck veered down the palm-lined promenade where thousands of adults and children had gathered for the fireworks, walking towards the famous Negresco Hotel. (Photo: Boredpanda/ cartoonmovement.com)
- On 14th July 2016 another tragedy struck France. (Photo: Twitter/ @plantu)
- The list is complied by BoredPanda where various artists have showed their solidarity in form of art. (Twitter/@edoilustrado)
- Artists from all over the global pay their tribute to all suffering from the tragedy. (Facebook/ Pictoline)
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 Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice turned into a pool of blood and tears.
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