Pictures: Pulse Day of Remembrance

Singers from the Orlando Gay Chorus take the stage to perform “Por Qué Cantamos” during a remembrance ceremony honoring those killed in the Pulse massacre eight years ago, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Former state Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, second from right, is embraced by a friend as Orlando city commissioner Patty Sheehan, background, gets a hug during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer sits in the back of the church before a press conference after attending the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Friends and family of Pulse victim Amanda Alvear embrace during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Family members and friends read the names of the deceased as bells toll during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Ribbons commemorating those killed in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting welcome a visitor for the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the massacre, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orlando city commissioner Patty Sheehan embraces Luis Martinez, multicultural affairs manager for the City of Orlando, during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Family members and friends read the names of the deceased as bells toll during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Friends and family of Pulse victims greet each other during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Former state representative Carlos Guillermo Smith is embraced by a friend during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orlando city commissioner Patty Sheehan embraces a friend during the 49 Bells Ceremony on the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, at First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)