Information about the 129 Paris terror victims has started emerging.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday that 103 bodies had been identified from Friday's attacks, with 20 to 30 more still awaiting identification.
"They will be (identified) in the coming hours," said Mr Valls.
At least 23 foreigners were among those killed in the attack, the AFP news agency reports.
With information about victims still emerging, people turned to Twitter to search for missing people.
The hashtags #rechercheParis (searching Paris) and #rechercheBataclan were being used widely on Saturday and Sunday to circulate the names and photos of the missing.
A centre has been set up for victims' families at the Ecole Militaire.
Names of the dead are being shared on social media and by regional news organisations. They include:
Djamila Houd, 41, originally from Dreux, west of Paris - "All the mothers of families share Djamila's mother's pain," the local newspaper said (in French)
Universal Music France president Pascal Negre named the other two employees killed as Marie and Manu on Twitter, but did not provide their surnames. The name Marie is reported to refer to Marie Mosser, a communications and digital marketing worker, according to her Twitter profile.
A man nicknamed "Dado", 44, from Ceyrat in the central Auvergne region. The man, who worked for the tax office and was unmarried, was at the Bataclan, France 3 reported
Guillaume B Decherf, a journalist with Les Inrocks magazine, was at the Bataclan. The father of two had written about the Eagles of Death metal's latest album, Les Inrocks said
Lola Salines was at the Bataclan. Her father confirmed her death on Twitter, after using the platform to try and find her.
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Other foreign nationals
Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old US student from El Monte, California was killed in the attacks, her university said in a statement. She was studying at the Strate College of Design in Paris. The president of California State University at Long Beach, Jane Close Conoley, said the university's "thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this sad time". She had dual American and Mexican citizenship.
Another Mexican citizen, Michelle Gil Jaimes, was among the dead. She also held Spanish citizenship. The governor of Vera Cruz state has tweeted his condolences to her family.
The US embassy in France has provided a number for those in the US and Canada to call if they are still missing relatives: +1-888-407-4747.
At least three Belgians - including a dual French national - were killed, according to the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Press reports said they included Elif Dogan, 26, and Milko Jozic, 47. The third victim is reported to be 28 years old.
There is a phone number for Belgians to call if they are worried about their relatives: +32 477 40 32 12.
One Swedish national was killed and others injured, Sweden's foreign minister told Swedish television (in Swedish).
The German foreign ministry has confirmed that at least one German citizen was killed, Die Zeit newspaper reported. The German press later reported that the victim was a 28-year-old man from Munich who had lived in Paris since 2011.
The family of Valeria Solesin, 28, from Venice in Italy, said she was killed outside the Bataclan concert hall.
Two Romanians were killed, BFM TV reported in a victim list, citing the country's foreign ministry.
A Spanish national, Alberto Gonzalez Garrido, 29, was killed in the Bataclan, Spanish newspapers reported, quoting the government.
Two Tunisian woman, sisters from near Bizerte, aged 34 and 35 were also killed, BFM TV said. They were celebrating a female friend's birthday.
Three Chileans died in the attacks, Chile's foreign ministry said, without giving details about where they died. One of the dead was Paris resident Luis Felipe Zschoche Valle, the other was Patricia San Martin, described in the statement as a "Chilean exile" and the niece of Chile's ambassador to Mexico, Ricardo Nunez. Her daughter, Elsa Veronique Delplace San Martin, was also killed, the ministry said. She had dual French-Chilean citizenship.
A 63-year-old Portuguese man named Manuel Dias who had emigrated and lived in Paris was confirmed dead by the Portuguese government. He was killed in one of the explosions near the Stade de France.
Precilia Correia, 35, a dual Portuguese-French national, was killed at the Bataclan alongside her French boyfriend.
Two Algerians were killed, the official APS news agency said, citing diplomatic sources as saying the victims were a woman aged 40 and a man aged 29.
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