Thousands pay their respects to victims of Nanjing Massacre

At 10 am on Sunday, residents of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, stood in silence to pay tribute to the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, as an air-raid siren sounded sharply across the city.

Thousands of people in black clothes and with a white flower pinned to their chest bowed in remembrance of the 300,000 victims as part of China's second National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims at a memorial hall for the victims.

Representatives of the city's young people read a Peace Declaration, emphasizing the importance of peace and development, and some 3,000 pigeons were set free at the end of the ceremony.