Giovanna holds open a white cloth, into which Venus is laying roses symbolizing beauty and love.

The marshy ground squished under Mart's army boots, Terry laid red roses in a ring on the fire-scarred altar rock in the middle of the clearing and opened her backpack.

Mr. Clinton and his wife, Hillary, joined the Kennedys in laying white roses on the graves.

There was a feeling of closure as I laid roses on that 50-year-old grave.

Thousands of people clogged a central square for a rally against violence today, while hundreds more lined up to lay red roses outside the store where Ms. Lindh, 46, was stabbed.

"They are still coming to lay roses on the spot where he fell, aren't they?"

Former French President Jacques Chirac and Sarkozy laid red and white coloured roses in wreaths at the coffin.

TWO nights after it happened, I saw a nicely dressed young couple laying roses at the foot of the telephone booth.

They pay their last respects to the dead by laying red roses on the path leading up to the house.

Some stared silently into the water, others laid red roses.