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Tonight I walked the streets of Madrid following the path of two-million Madrileños who braved the rain to show solidarity in the face of yesterday's terror. Candles littered alcoves and recesses in buildings along the streets each burning in memory of those who died. Bundles of flowers and flags adorned with black ribbons hang as symbols of the pain we are all feeling. Laminated pictures of the deceased were taped to lamp-posts and messages were painted on banners or printed with computers and hung everywhere. Some of the words are vaguely political like the banner that hangs in Sol reading, "Everyone against E.T.A." others are poetic and timely like the printed pages that hang on the Ayunta Miento de Madrid which read, "It's not raining the sky is crying."

A sign posted in Puerta del Sol durring the demonstrations against terrorism on 12 March reads, "It's not raining the sky is crying."