In the aftermath of the devastating attack on Orlando's Pulse nightclub, people have gathered at vigils around the world to mourn the 49 lives that were senselessly taken, show support for the victims' loved ones and stand in solidarity with the LGBT community.
Perhaps some of the most inspiring attendees at these vigils have been children.
Here are 24 powerful photos of kids at Orlando vigils and memorials paying tribute to the victims, standing for love in the face of hate and symbolizing hope for a brighter future.
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A 5-year-old child holds a placard ahead of a candle light vigil in memory of victims one day after a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida, June 13, 2016.
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A girl stands during a vigil outside The Stonewall Inn remembering the victims of the Orlando massacre in New York, June 13, 2016.
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A girl takes part in a vigil to commemorate victims of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 12, 2016.
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A child holds a flag of the United States in front of the Eiffel Tower lit up in the colors of the rainbow flag during a rally in tribute for victims of a shooting inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 13, 2016 in Paris, France.
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A girl holds a lit candle during a vigil for the victims of the terrorist massacre at the gay night club, Pulse, at Eola Lake in Orlando, USA on June 12, 2016.
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A woman and child arrange candles for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, following a vigil on June 13, 2016 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida.
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Participants hold candles during a vigil at Frank Kits Park in Wellington, New Zealand on June 13, 2016, in remembrance of victims after a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando.
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A family mourns during a vigil for the victims of the terrorist massacre at the gay night club, Pulse, at Eola Lake in Orlando on June 12, 2016.
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Nicholas Brown-Spino, 6, sits on the shoulders of his father Anthony Brown, with his father Gary Spino, as they listen to the vigil outside The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, considered by some as the center of New York State's gay rights movement, following the shooting massacre at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, in Manhattan.
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Nick Tucciarelli and his daughter Campbell visit a vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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A woman with her two daughters attend at the event of solidarity for the victims of the massacre at the nightclub Pulse in Orlando on June 13, 2016 in Turin, Italy. The shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando has caused shock around the world.
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Mourners light candles during a vigil in Dallas, Texas, on June 12, 2016, for victims of the attack at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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Annette Saavedra holds her daughter, Sophia Saavedra, age 3, at a makeshift vigil for those killed in the terrorist attack on a gay night club in Orlando, FL on June 13, 2016 in San Francisco.
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Edwin Scharlau holds his son Joshua Gimenez Scharlau during a vigil in memory of the victims of the Orlando mass shooting, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Miami Beach, Florida.
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A man helps a girl to put hand prints on a makeshift memorial on the ground near the Pulse gay nightclub where a mass shooting took place in Orlando, Florida.
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A child places a bouquet of flowers at a shrine to the fallen along the facade of The Stonewall Inn. In tribute to the memory of the 50 dead and dozens wounded in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, hundreds of members of the NYC LGBT community and supporters rallied near The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan's West Village to place flowers at a makeshift shrine to the fallen, rally for peace and stand in solidarity.
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Tim Christofore consoles his son Jude, 4, while visiting a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting outside of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center on Monday afternoon, June 13, 2016 in Orlando. He was paying respects to their friend Shane Tomlinson, who was one of the many killed in the mass shooting.
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People attend a vigil in West Hollywood, California, following the early morning shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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A young girl leaves a note for the victims of the Pulse nightclub and First Responders at a make shift memorial at Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, USA on June 13, 2016.
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A vigil, for victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, outside of the United States Consulate on June 13, 2016 in Milan, Italy.
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A mother helps her daughter place a candle along Eola Lake during a vigil for the victims of the terrorist massacre at the gay night club, Pulse, in Orlando, USA on June 12, 2016.
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A man and child walk toward a memorial on the grounds of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts to honor the Pulse nightclub mass shooting victims June 14, 2016 in Orlando, Florida.
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A mother helps her son place a candle along the bank of Eola Lake during a vigil for the victims of the terrorist massacre at the gay night club, Pulse, in Orland.
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Rhonda Rodeffer, left, and her daughter Kennedy, 4, visit a makeshift memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Orlando, Florida.
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