• A sign reading ‘I am Brussels’ (Je suis Bruxelles) sits among candles and flowers at a makeshift memorial at Place de la Bourse (Beursplein) in Brussels on March 23, 2016. Patrik Stollarz / Agence France-Presse
    A sign reading ‘I am Brussels’ (Je suis Bruxelles) sits among candles and flowers at a makeshift memorial at Place de la Bourse (Beursplein) in Brussels on March 23, 2016. Patrik Stollarz / Agence France-Presse
  • A Belgian flag and a sign reading ‘United Against Hatred’ hangs from the Bourse De Brussels bulding in the Place de la Bourse on March 23, 2016, a day after three terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium. The country is observing three days of national mourning after 31 people were killed in a twin suicide blast at Zaventem Airport and a bomb attack at Maalbeek metro station. Two brothers are thought to have carried out the airport attack and an international manhunt is under way for a third suspect. The attacks come just days after a key suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, was captured in Brussels. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
    A Belgian flag and a sign reading ‘United Against Hatred’ hangs from the Bourse De Brussels bulding in the Place de la Bourse on March 23, 2016, a day after three terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium. The country is observing three days of national mourning after 31 people were killed in a twin suicide blast at Zaventem Airport and a bomb attack at Maalbeek metro station. Two brothers are thought to have carried out the airport attack and an international manhunt is under way for a third suspect. The attacks come just days after a key suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, was captured in Brussels. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
  • Men place candles an a street memorial on March 23, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Francois Lenoir / Reuters
    Men place candles an a street memorial on March 23, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Francois Lenoir / Reuters
  • Belgian soldiers patrol in the Schaarbeek district of Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2016. Security services are on high alert following the previous day’s deadly explosions in the departure hall of Zaventem Airport and on the metro system in Brussels, Belgium. SIL has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA
    Belgian soldiers patrol in the Schaarbeek district of Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2016. Security services are on high alert following the previous day’s deadly explosions in the departure hall of Zaventem Airport and on the metro system in Brussels, Belgium. SIL has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA
  • A minute of silence is observed at the Place de la Bourse in the centre of Brussels on March 23, 2016. Bombs exploded Tuesday at the city’s airport and one of its metro stations, killing and wounding scores of people, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. Martin Meissner/ Associated Press
    A minute of silence is observed at the Place de la Bourse in the centre of Brussels on March 23, 2016. Bombs exploded Tuesday at the city’s airport and one of its metro stations, killing and wounding scores of people, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. Martin Meissner/ Associated Press
  • A woman and children mourn for the victims of the bombings at the Place de la Bourse in the centre of Brussels on March 23, 2016. Martin Meissner / Associated Press
    A woman and children mourn for the victims of the bombings at the Place de la Bourse in the centre of Brussels on March 23, 2016. Martin Meissner / Associated Press
  • People write messages at the Place de la Bourse, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2016, in a tribute to the many people killed and injured in multiple terrorist attacks the day before. Security services are on high alert following explosions at the Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek metro station in Brussels. ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Yoan Valat / EPA
    People write messages at the Place de la Bourse, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2016, in a tribute to the many people killed and injured in multiple terrorist attacks the day before. Security services are on high alert following explosions at the Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek metro station in Brussels. ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Yoan Valat / EPA
  • From left, in the first row: France’s prime pinaster Manuel Valls, Belgium King Philippe, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, Belgium Queen Mathilde and Belgian prime minister Charles Michel observe a minute of silence on March 23, 2016, at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. Olivier Hoslet / EPA
    From left, in the first row: France’s prime pinaster Manuel Valls, Belgium King Philippe, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, Belgium Queen Mathilde and Belgian prime minister Charles Michel observe a minute of silence on March 23, 2016, at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. Olivier Hoslet / EPA
  • The mayor of Brussels, Yvan Mayeur (centre left) and mayor of Paris, Ann Hidalgo (centre right) pay tribute on March 23, 2016, at Place de la Bourse, Brussels, Belgium, to the victims of the terrorist attacks. Yoan Valat / EPA
    The mayor of Brussels, Yvan Mayeur (centre left) and mayor of Paris, Ann Hidalgo (centre right) pay tribute on March 23, 2016, at Place de la Bourse, Brussels, Belgium, to the victims of the terrorist attacks. Yoan Valat / EPA

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Brussels the day after deadly attacks on airport, metro — in pictures

Jake Badger

March 23, 2016

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Memorials and shows of solidarity against terrorism were everywhere in Brussels on Wednesday, a day after the Belgian capital was hit by explosions that left 31 dead and hundreds injured.

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