The national flag of France, measuring 25 feet by 35 feet, is raised atop the Space Needle in Seattle on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. It was raised to the top of the flagpole by engineer Nicholas Robinson and then lowered to half-staff under 20-mph winds. Multiple attacks across Paris on Friday night have left scores dead and hundreds injured. Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP
PARIS — As many as 120 people have been killed after a series of attacks targeting Parisians in what seems to be the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II.
French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency and announced the closing of the country's borders.