1:55
The march broke up into three sections -- one down Boulevard Voltaire, one down Rue Bastille, and the third down Rue Philippe Auguste. All three marches later reunited at Place de la Nation.
Cafes and bistros along the route overflowed with marchers who stopped to rest along the walk, some carrying handmade signs reading \"No Fear\" and \"Not Afraid.\"
![\"PHOTO:](\"http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/AP_france_attacks_rally_1c_jt_150111_4x3t_384.jpg\")
The march was a response to the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly newspaper, and a subsequent pair of hostage situations Friday, one of which involved the suspected gunmen. Seventeen people were killed during the three days of violence.
![\"PHOTO:](\"http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/GTY_france_attack_rally_6_jt_150111_4x3t_384.jpg\")
French police say they took extra precautions during the march, with more than 2,000 officers in the area and another 2,000 officers and 1,000 soldiers stationed throughout Paris.
Gerard Araud, the French ambassador to the United States, told ABC News that it is \"very likely\" that the country will face more attempted terrorist attacks.
\"We have to consider the threat that we are facing. You have in Europe thousands of young radicals -- thousands of them -- and of course, we are democracies and you don't arrest somebody because of his ideas,\" he said.
Araud called it a \"very specific threat,\" noting the hundreds of Frenchmen who went to Syria or Yemen for military training with various extremist groups.
\"We don't know when these people are coming back and whether they are coming back and we don't know when they're -- whether these radical people are going suddenly to become terrorists,\" he said. \"So for the moment ... it's very likely, unfortunately, that we are going to face other attempts of terrorist acts.\"
A photo posted by Alexander Marquardt (@marquardtabc) on Jan 11, 2015 at 7:31am PST
World leaders in attendance included Germany's Angela Merkel, Britain's David Cameron, Italy's Matteo Renzi, Mariano Rajoy of Spain, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
![\"PHOTO:](\"http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/RT_paris_rally_world_leaders_jt_150111_4x3t_384.jpg\")
Get real-time updates as this story unfolds. To start, just \"star\" this story in ABC News' phone app. Download ABC News for iPhone here or ABC News for Android here. To be notified about our live weekend digital reports, tap here.
","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/International/marchers-world-leaders-gather-paris-cry-freedom-rally/story?id=28144762","legacySlug":"/news/story/marchers-world-leaders-gather-paris-cry-freedom-rally-28144762","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"01:17","publishDate":"01-12-2015","updatedTime":"05:45","updatedDate":"01-12-2015","socialImage":{"alt":"People hold up a sign reading \"Solidarity\" during a rally in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Hundreds of thousands gathered Sunday throughout Paris and cities around the world, to show unity and defiance in the face of terrorism that killed 17 people in France's bleakest moment in half a century.","credit":"Christophe Ena/AP Photo","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/ap_paris_rally_150111_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"1/12/2015 01:17:49 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":28144762,"headline":"AC","mediaAssetTitle":"french_terror_march150111","description":"More than a million took to the streets in Paris alone.","duration":"1:55","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/i/abcnews/2015/01/150111_wn_moran_633_,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["28147896","28133810","28141171"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"January 11, 2015","headline":"Video Appears to Show Paris Gunman Pledging Allegiance to ISIS","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/video-appears-show-paris-gunman-pledging-allegiance-isis-28147896","id":28147896,"image":{"alt":"Video Appears to Show Paris Gunman Pledging Allegiance to ISIS","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/HT_coulaby_jt_150111_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Obtained by ABC News","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"January 10, 2015","headline":"Female Terror Suspect Fled to Syria, Official Says","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/hayat-boumeddiene-fled-syria-turkey-french-official-28133810","id":28133810,"image":{"alt":"Female Terror Suspect Fled to Syria, Official Says","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/ht_amedy_coulibaly_hayat_boumeddiene_02_lb_150109_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Obtained by ABC News","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"January 11, 2015","headline":"Survivors Describe French Hostage Standoff Ordeals","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/heroes-describe-french-hostage-standoff-ordeals-28141171","id":28141171,"image":{"alt":"Survivors Describe French Hostage Standoff Ordeals","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/HT_bfmtv_lassana_hostage_porte_de_vincennes_jt_15010_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"bfmtv.com","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"AC","description":"More than a million took to the streets in Paris alone.","duration":"1:55","uploadDate":"01-12-2015","publication":"01-12-2015","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/i/abcnews/2015/01/150111_wn_moran_633_,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/i/abcnews/2015/01/150111_wn_moran_633_,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/marchers-world-leaders-gather-paris-cry-freedom-rally-28144762"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131543053","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131432442","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131121474","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131247079","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131228784","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131178806","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:news:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"news","title":"AC","pubTime":"20:17","pubDate":"01-11-2015","modTime":"00:45","modDate":"01-12-2015","taxonomyTags":"none","id":28144762,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"AC","mediaAssetTitle":"french_terror_march150111","videoId":28144762,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/news/story/marchers-world-leaders-gather-paris-cry-freedom-rally-28144762"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/28144762","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/28144762","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};