World lights up in Belgian colors to show solidarity

Bloodied and dazed travelers on staggered from the Brussels airport after two explosions — at least one blamed on a suicide attacker and another apparently on a suitcase bomb — tore through crowds checking in for morning flights. About 40 minutes later, another rush-hour blast ripped through a metro in central Brussels as it left the Maelbeek station, in the heart of the European Union's capital city.

The Islamic State claimed attacks killed at least 34 people and injured several others.

People gather around a memorial in Brussels following bomb attacks in Brussels. (Reuters)

Famous monuments from around the world were illuminated with Belgium's national colors in a show of solidarity after nightfall.

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany is illuminated with the Belgium national flag in reaction to the Brussels attacks. (Reuters)

The Eiffel Tower is seen with the black, yellow and red colours of the Belgian flag in tribute to the victims of March 22, 2016 Brussels bomb attacks, in Paris, France. (Reuters)

One World Trade Center is shown in New York on Tueday after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed that it be displayed in the Belgium following attacks. (AP Photo)

The black, yellow, and red colours of the Belgian flag are projected on the Trevi fountain in Rome, Italy, in tribute to the victims. (Reuters)

The Palace of Culture, right, the tallest building in the Polish capital, is lit in the colors of the Belgian flag in solidarity with the victims of the attacks in Brussels, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday March 22, 2016.(AP Photo)

The Blue Bridge is illuminated in solidarity for the people of Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The bridge will be illuminated the colors of the Belgian flag for the next two nights. (The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

The colors of the Belgian flag are seen on the courthouse in Lyon, France on Tuesday March 22, 2016. (Reuters)

Nagyardei Stadium is illuminated with the Belgian national colours in Debrecen, 226 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 after Islamic State attacks in Brussels. (MTI via AP)