Solemn services on anniversary of Paris attacks

Fearing it’s becoming more divided, too, survivors and victims’ families marked Sunday’s anniversary of the violence by pleading for national unity.

Tourism is hurting, armed forces roam streets and France is still under a state of emergency that rights groups call abusive and ineffective — and that the prime minister now says may be extended yet again.

At midday, hundreds of balloons were released to honor the memories of the victims; at dusk, paper lanterns were released into the Canal Saint Martin, bearing red, white and blue lights representing the French tricolor.

While French warplanes are targeting Islamic State strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the state of emergency at home allows broadened police powers to search homes and monitor communications.

Mourners, tourists and residents streamed to the Bataclan concert hall, where 90 people were killed by three attackers who also took hostages.