Tens of thousands of people gathered at memorials in Norway on Sunday to mark the one-year anniversary of the bombing and shooting rampage that left 77 people dead. On July 22, 2011, the attacker, Anders Behring Breivik, set off bombs at government buildings in Olso, killing eight people, before shooting dead 69 people at a Labor Party youth camp, most of whom were teenagers. Breivik has said he targeted the ruling Labor Party because its policies were too open to Muslim immigrants. The head of the Labor Party’s youth wing, Eskil Pedersen, said mourners had done their best to honor the victims.

Eskil Pedersen: “So, to come together to mark that it’s been a year that has gone by is a special experience but an important experience, and I think we did the best of it. We were together, which is important. We had the possibility to show your emotions, your feelings about what happened, and at the same time we had the message that we have to continue living our lives.”

Arguments in Breivik’s trial came to a close last month, and a verdict is expected in late August.