#PrayforNice: World weeps for France

Thousands of people from across the world took to social media to remember those killed and injured in Thursday night’s terror attack in France using the hashtag #PrayForNice. 

At least 84 people were killed in the horrific incident after a white lorry was driven for over a mile along a promenade packed with revellers watching the annual Bastille Day fireworks.

Using the #PrayForNice tag, which quickly began trending worldwide on Twitter, thousands of people, including celebrities posted about the incident. Photograph: @selmacom3/Twitter

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Several offered tributes and extended their solidarity with France with several touching images on Twitter. Photograph: @frankbrunoboxer/Twitter

Twitter and Instagram were flooded with tributes to those who were killed in the Thursday night. Photograph: @1cePrime/Twitter

Many users have used the colours of the French flag to display their support. Photograph: @DerekGollaher/Twitter

We love this one. It lists out all the recent deadly attacks around the world and then says... We are EXHAUSTED. Photograph: @worldpost/Twitter