Newtown school shootings - the day after: in pictures

Saturday, 15 Dec 2012

America woke up today to the grim reality of the latest mass killing in a year of such events, this time killing 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut

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Newtown - the day after: state trooper — A Connecticut state police officer guards the street leading to Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Newtown - the day after: A sign reads — A sign outside a home near Sandy Hook school in Newtown. The residents of the idyllic Connecticut town were reeling in horror from the massacre of 20 small children and six adults in one of the worst school shootings in US history Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

Newtown - the day after: A makeshift memorial — A makeshift memorial outside Saint Rose of Lima church. People in the small community were grieving over one of the worst mass shootings in US history Photograph: Joshua Lott/REUTERS

Newtown - the day after: U.S. flag — The sun rises behind a US flag covered with numbers representing the people who died in the massacre Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

Sandy Hook Shooting: Sandy Hook Shooting — Young people carry flowers to leave near Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

Newtown - the day after: A woman prays — A woman prays at Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic church Photograph: Joshua Lott/REUTERS

Newtown - the day after: Bags decorated with Christmas trees and stars — Bags in a park in Newtown decorated with Christmas trees and stars, in memory of the victims killed at Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Joshua Lott/Reuters

Sandy Hook Shooting: Sandy Hook Shootingf — Elizabeth Bogdanoff, left, kisses her daughter Julia, 13, during a prayer service at St John's episcopal church in Newtown Photograph: David Goldman/AP

Saturday, 15 Dec 2012

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