Flash mob dancers perform in London to music by Michael Jackson. (Ben Stansall / AFP/Getty Images)
A young girl cries in front of the Lyric Theatre in London next to a poster for “Thriller Live,” a musical featuring songs of Michael Jackson. (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)
A Chinese fan of Michael Jackson imitates the pop singer as people gather to commemorate him at a bar in Beijing. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
Bulgarian fans light candles and mourn Jackson in downtown Sofia. (Dimtar / AFP/Getty Images)
A woman cries in Madrid during a tribute to the pop star. (Pedro Armestre / AFP/Getty Images)
A Polish woman wearing earrings sporting a portrait of Jackson mourns his death in downtown Warsaw. (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP/Getty Images)
Christian girls in Karachi, Pakistan, participate in a candlelight memorial. (Shakil Adil / Associated Press)
Lebanese youths dance in the streets of Beirut to the music of Michael Jackson. (Ramzi Haidar / AFP/Getty Images)
A fan nicknamed Vanessa Jackson grieves the loss of her idol at Angel de la Independencia Square in Mexico City. (Alfredo Estrella / AFP/Getty Images)
Wyatt Puryear of Gary, Indiana, holds an autographed bottle of Michael Jackson cologne in the front yard of the singer’s childhood home. (James Brosher / South Bend Tribune via AP)
Fans gather at a makeshift memorial outside of the Motown Museum, Hitsville USA, in Detroit. (Mark Millian / For The Times)
Tributes to Michael Jackson are left by fans outside the O2 Arena where Jackson was to perform 50 sold-out shows starting next month in London. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)
Festival goers hold a banner aloft at the Glastonbury festival in Glastonbury, England, after the death of Michael Jackson in Los Angeles at age 50. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
A Finnish Santa Claus listens to music in Helsinki, Finland, as he reads newspapers announcing pop singer Michael Jackson’s death. (Martti Kainulainen / AFP / Getty Images)
Tshaka Lafayette takes a picture of the marquee at the Apollo Theater as people gather to remember Michael Jackson in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. “I’m trying to capture a piece of American history,” said Lafayette. (Tina Fineberg / Associated Press)
Russians lay flowers in memory of pop music star Michael Jackson at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. (Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Getty Images)
Fans gather outside of the Motown Museum, Hitsville USA, at a makeshift memorial for pop star Michael Jackson in Detroit. Hitsville USA was the home for Motown Records. (Jeff Kowalsky / EPA)
Newspaper front pages in New York banner the news of the death of Michael Jackson. (Richard Drew / Associated Press)
Chinese fans of Michael Jackson observe a three-minute silence during a candlelight memorial to commemorate him in Beijing. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
Swedish girls lay flowers and light candles in memory of Michael Jackson at Sergel square in central Stockholm. (Christine Olsson / AFP / Getty Images)
