Pictures from last night’s Orlando vigil on Church Street

Yesterday’s mass killing in Orlando is being called the worst shooting in U.S. history. On a normal day (let’s not forget that shootings in the States have become depressingly normal), the Canadian response might be nothing more than some tut-tutting about America’s lax gun laws.

In this case, the immensity of the tragedy, combined with all that’s implied by shooter Omar Mateen’s decision to target a gay nightclub, has elicited a different response. Here, from Instagram and Twitter, are a few pictures from last night’s vigil for the Orlando shooting victims at Barbara Hall Park, on Church Street.

City hall responded to the news by lighting the Toronto sign in rainbow hues: