Nice terror attack: The most powerful tribute cartoons after Bastille Day horror

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy People waking up to news of the horrific Bastille Day terror attack in Nice have been paying tribute to those killed and injured with cartoons expressing their wishes for peace, love and unity. Many have been sharing a cartoon by Le Monde artist Plantu, who drew a crying dove of peace in the middle of a map of France, with a black ‘Nice’ banned covering one bleeding corner. Nice Attack: Witnesses speak Here are some of the most powerful cartoons to emerge so far: From Plantu, for Nice: This image of the French flag in the shape of a heart has gone viral, while others are sharing a picture of three hearts in a row - one blue, one white and one red: Broadcaster Jeremy Vine shared this harrowing cartoon by Brazilian political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, based on the tragic photo of a doll lying next to a child in a body bag: Others are reusing the hard-hitting cartoon Latuff drew following the Paris attacks in November, showing the dead lying beneath a bleeding French Tricolore: This particularly horrifying cartoon by Swaha references the truck that killed scores of people in Nice: Jean-Charles de Castelbajac depicts angels telling people to ‘Be Nice’ after the atrocity: This message has been shared by some people to express their despair at repeated terror attacks. The post, when translated, reads “I am Charlie, I am Paris, I am Orlando, I am Brussels, I am Instanbul, I am Nice, I am Baghdad, I am Bangladesh, I am exhausted”: Geraint Smith sketched a big blue tear with the word ‘Bastille’ inside it and shared it on Twitter: The terror attack has sent shockwaves around the world, with Louison expressing the widespread disbelief at the violence: This cartoon, signed ‘Mesia’, is being shared on social media, showing a pair of bloodied footprints on a Nice seafront painted red, white and blue: This image of a bruised and bloodied globe looking through a memories box of more peaceful times is also proving poignant: This round-up will be updated as more tribute artworks emerge.