Photographer Benjamin Filarski captured the above image in Paris on Sunday night after noticing a surprising display of emotion.
"I saw two policemen holding each other. They moved to the side for a moment, and one of them just lost it," the photographer told HuffPost France.
He took the photo around 9 p.m. in front À la Bonne Bière, a bar in the 11th arrondissement that was attacked Friday night.
The photo, which Filarski posted on Twitter and Facebook, had already been shared thousands of times by Monday. "An image that says so much...it's so touching...it brings tears to my eyes...thank you to these policemen...they are our guardian angels..." one person commented.
See more of Filarski's photos from the attacks here.
This post originally appeared on HuffPost France and has been translated into English.
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