Mourning and forgiveness in Charleston
Services resume at Emanuel African American Methodist Church
Monte Talmadge walks past the memorial on the sidewalk in front the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after a mass shooting at the church killed nine people.Joe Raedle/Getty Images
People arrive for services at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.Brendan Smialowski/AFP / Getty Images
Charleston County Sheriffs Deputy C. E. Hall III checks the purse of an elderly woman before she enters the Emanuel AME Church for a worship service.Stephen B. Morton/The Associated Press
After warning bystanders that the dog bites, Charleston Police use the K9 to search the perimeter of the historic Emanuel African Methodist Church for explosives before the Sunday service.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
A woman holds her hand up in the air as she prays and takes part in the morning service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.Carlo Allegri/Reuters
The Rev. Norvel Goff speaks at the first church service four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine people at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Church.Getty Images
Parishioners pray at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church Sunday in Charleston, S.C., four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of it's pastor and eight others.David Goldman/The Associated Press
Gillettie Bennett, right, comforts Clarissa Jackson, left while she waits in line for Emanuel AME Church's first worship service since nine people were fatally shot at the church during a Bible study group, in Charleston, S.C.Stephen B. Morton/The Associated Press
Parishioners hold hands and sing during services at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.Reuters
Worshipers sing during Sunday service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.David Goldman/The New York Times