--- description: Anne Hidalgo shared photos of the world's monuments lit up in red, white and blue title: Paris Mayor Thanks Cities of the World for Showing Support image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74cc27a521a8f254/69887126f887dc7a0ce93528/anne-hidalgo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Paris Mayor Thanks Cities of the World for Showing Support by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2015 2:17 PM CUT  Anne Hidalgo makes a statement to the press after the bombings in Paris on Nov. 14, 2015. Anne Hidalgo makes a statement to the press after the bombings in Paris on Nov. 14, 2015.Francois Pauletto—Demotix/Corb by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2015 2:17 PM CUT Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo [took to Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/HidalgoAnne/posts/10153467859349597 "undefined") on Sunday to thank cities around the world for showing support during her own city’s tragedy. “The cities of the whole world continue to express their support to the people of Paris,” she wrote in French. “Once again, a big thank you from the bottom of my heart. We are united.” Hidalgo added photos of monuments lit up in the colors of the French flag, from the Sydney Opera House to the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, plus other displays of support like flowers and crowds standing in solidarity. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4113640/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-thanks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4113640/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-thanks/"},"headline":"Paris Mayor Thanks Cities of the World for Showing Support","datePublished":"2015-11-15T14:17:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:38:23.893Z","description":"Anne Hidalgo shared photos of the world's monuments lit up in red, white and blue","url":"https://time.com/4113640/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-thanks/","keywords":["France","facebook","paris","Know Right Now"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74cc27a521a8f254/69887126f887dc7a0ce93528/anne-hidalgo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74cc27a521a8f254/69887126f887dc7a0ce93528/anne-hidalgo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Political Reactions after the attacks in Paris","caption":"Political Reactions after the attacks in Paris","creditText":"Francois Pauletto—Demotix/Corb","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4113640/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-thanks/","name":"Paris Mayor Thanks Cities of the World for Showing Support"}}]}] ```