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People participate in a vigil to pay tribute to the victims of a shooting, by gunmen at the offices of weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, in the Manhattan borough of New York
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Elegy for Charlie Hebdo: A silent dispatch from Paris

Video: In just more than a minute, Maclean’s contributor Nick Kozak captures a day like no other in Paris
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When the worst seemed over — 20 dead at last count, including three gunmen — the president of France addressed the nation. "The threats facing France are not finished," he warned. "We are a free people who cave to no pressure."

Security forces blanketed the city and region Friday as two separate hostage incidents unfolded. And while police were seemingly everywhere, so were Parisians.

Maclean’s contributor Nick Kozak captured these images on a day of siege and resilience:

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