Monuments around the world light up for Brussels and twitter users express support ,iconic fountain ,cherubic Manneken Pis
The statue of a cheekily urinating boy that has long drawn tourists to Brussels' city center took on a new role on the Internet on Tuesday after attacks in the city that killed at least 30 people. The cherubic Manneken Pis, belovedly irreverent icon of the Bruxellois, was shown relieving himself on a Kalashnikov in images on Twitter using the colors of the Belgian flag: a red boy and yellow gun against a black background. #mannekenpis The colors also lit up the Eiffel Tower, symbol of Paris, where people shared sympathies linked by November's attacks in the French capital apparently planned by Islamist militants in Brussels. Visitors to Bourse plaza have created hundreds of messages of defiance, comfort and solidarity in response to bombings Close to Mannekin Pis, thousands of people gathered in one of Brussels' main squares to lay flowers under banners echoing the slogan #JeSuisBruxelles. Choclate beer and love are still better for humanity than bomb...