More than 40 world leaders joined the start of the march, linking arms in an act of solidarity.
"Paris is the capital of the world today," French leader Francois Hollande said. "The whole country will rise up."
The marchers hope to demonstrate unity after the attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police officers, and a kosher supermarket.
The rally, led by relatives of the victims of last week's attacks, began at the Place de la Republique. It is thought that more than a million people are taking part.
Seeing world leaders arm in arm at the head of the march was a rare sight.
This is who was who.
- Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy
- British prime minister David Cameron
- Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
- Polish prime minister Ewa Kopacz
- European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini
- Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary-general of the Council of Europe
- Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo
- European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker
- Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu
- Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
- French president Francois Hollande
- German chancellor Angela Merkel
- President of the European council Donald Tusk
- Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas
- Queen Rania of Jordan
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