In London, they clapped and sang after gathering near a statue of Peter Pan, the fictional boy who never grew up created by JM Barrie. The mourners, mostly young women, left heart shaped balloons, photographs and flowers at the base of the statute, which sits next to a narrow path next to a waterway known as The Long Water.
Mindful of the crowds in the limited space, organisers asked fans to leave their tributes then move away to allow others to approach the statue.
Fans Lauren Anderson and Natasha Bradley, both 23, said they wanted to be with others who shared their grief.
“Your parents, they don’t really understand how much (One Direction) really meant to you growing up,” Bradley said, explaining why she came to the park.
The vigils followed those that took place outside the Casa Sur Hotel in the chic Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital immediately after Payne fell from his third-floor hotel room. The four surviving members of One Direction issued a joint statement saying they were “completely devastated” by the death of their bandmate.
In Paris’ Tuileries Gardens, hundreds of fans – many of them crying and carrying flowers – gathered to remember Payne.
