A crowd gathered in central Manchester break into a spontaneous rendition of the Oasis song 'Don't Look Back in Anger', as across Britain, people stopped to remember the attack in Manchester that happened less than a week ago.
In the city itself, and with armed police patrolling the streets, these people said they are still coming to terms with what happened.
"I think it feels strange that it's happened in your home city and I think that's what everyone is coming to terms with. But it just makes you more proud to be from where we're from."
"I think you can feel it, it's like...though other parts of the city - not parts of the city, parts of the country may be starting to move on or maybe, other parts of the world, the air is really heavy in Manchester. You can really feel that."
The explosion ripped through the foyer after the concert of U-S singer Ariana Grande at Manchester Arena, killing 22 and injuring more than a hundred.
Suspected suicide bomber, British-born Salman Abedi, of Libyan origin, was among those killed.
Several people are in custody over the attack, with raids continuing to be carried out on properties across Manchester.
Britain is on high alert - the country's terror threat warning at its maximum level.
There are concerns as well that Abedi could be part of a larger network.
Fears of another terror incident have also seen the London premiere of 'The Mummy' movie cancelled, days after a similar event for 'Wonder Woman' was called off.
Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Ian Hopkins, says progress is being made.
"These have been an intense three days for the officers and staff of Greater Manchester Police along with the national counter terrorism policing network and UK intelligence services. I want to reassure people that the arrests that we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation."
Queen Elizabeth has visited some of the young victims at Royal Manchester Hospital, as well as meeting hospital staff who first responded to the attack.
(Craig Mills)"Awful, but hopefully it will mend and it will get better."
(Queen)"Very interesting how everybody has united, haven't they?"
(Mills)"It's been amazing, really. Really amazing."
(Queen)"It's helped? Good."
(Mills)"It's been...it has."
Meanwhile, British authorities have expressed their anger at the leak of key details of the investigation by US sources, leading to US President Donald Trump threatening legal action against those responsible.
The incident is the latest to hit a European city, with Paris, Berlin and Brussels all having experienced similar attacks in the past two years alone.
In Manchester, families like that of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell-Hardy are trying to accept the loss of their daughter.
Olivia's stepfather Paul Hodgson says she was just like any other teenager.
"She was a bubbly, stunning young lady, who loved life, who...all she wanted was to do the best at what she could do and achieve that in every way, shape and form."
