In pictures: Australia pays tribute to siege victims
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The people of Sydney have created a floral memorial outside the Lindt cafe in Sydney's Central Business District where the siege took place.
Representatives of the Muslim community have expressed their shock and grief over the incident.
People have come in their hundreds to lay flowers outside the cafe.
The centre of Sydney is no longer on lockdown but the city remains on a heightened security alert.
Hundreds of people gathered at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney for a special memorial service on Tuesday.
Local media have named the hostages who died as Lindt cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34 and lawyer Katrina Dawson, 38.
Commandos stormed the cafe in the small hours of Tuesday morning to end the siege.
Earlier, small groups of hostages were seen running out of the Lindt cafe after shots were fired.