An official state ceremony was held in Germany on Friday for the victims of Germanwings flight 4U-9525, with hundreds of mourners attending the service at the Cologne Cathedral.
An estimated 1,400 people paid their respects, among them nearly 500 family members of those that died in the plane crash.
Black ribbons were tied to the German and EU flags flying in front of the cathedral.
The service was also attended by German heads of state, including Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck.
Those who couldn't fit inside the cathedral watched the proceedings on a screen outside.
150 candles were lit, one for every person who died in the crash, including one for the man blamed for downing the plane, co-pilot Andreas Lubitz.
Wood carvings of angels were handed out along with the programs.
Those who spoke in the service included members of the emergency response team who were at the scene of the wreckage in the French Alps...
And family members of the victims.
A young woman who lost a sibling, identified only as Sarah (pictured above at the podium), led a prayer:
"Let love be stronger than the desperation in the mid of sorrow," she said, struggling through her tears.
"Lord, give our relatives and friends who were killed in this accident a new home and always take care of them."
President Gauck also spoke, calling the crash an "unbelievable horror."
Gauck addressed why Lubitz was being recognized at the service:
"We really don't know what was going through his head during those deciding seconds, in the deciding minutes." ...
"But we do know that his relatives also lost on March 24 a person whom they loved, who leaves a void in their lives — in a way for which they can find as little sense as all of the others' relatives," Gauck said. "Maybe that is what appalled us so much, the senselessness of what took place."
A memorial of flowers and candles grew outside of the cathedral during the ceremony.
