Crowds gathered at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church for the first worship service at the historic African American church since a white gunman killed nine black people at Bible study group there last week.
Charleston Church Reopens
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Crowds on the front steps of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)
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A prayer left among the flowers outside Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)
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People gather to pray in a park in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)
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People stop to listen as church bells ring out across Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)