Today marks the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech Massacre in the United States which claimed the lives of 32 students and professors.
Thousands of mourners have donned the university's maroon and orange colours at a ceremony to remember the victims.
They stood quietly in front of a memorial, just steps away from where 23-year-old student Cho Seung-Hui went on the rampage in the worst campus shooting in US history.
The names of the 27 students and five lecturers were displayed on an arc of granite blocks, surrounded by bouquets of white flowers and mementos left by family and friends.
University president Charles Stager led the solemn ceremony.
“An entire year has passed since the heart-rending events that we mark today," Mr Steger told the crowd.
"And while the passage of time has helped us in many ways, we remain deeply and profoundly saddened by the events of that tragic day. Neither the heat of summer nor the winds of winter have relieved our pain.
"So just as we turned to each other for comfort so many times in the past months, it is fitting that we gather today to support one another yet again and remember those whose lives were lost and those who lives were forever changed on April 16."
