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An international military flypast over Omaha Beach in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron kicks off three days of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, by presiding over the first ceremony at Plumelec, in the Morbihan region, in memory of the Breton maquisards and the first Free French paratroopers in the SAS, the British special forces, who launched Operation Overlord on the night of 5 to 6 June to open up a new front against Adolf Hitler. IMAGES
Crowds gather in Ghetto Heroes Square in Warsaw on the first day of commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, with Polish government officials and survivors in attendance. Sirens can be heard across the Polish capital to mark the beginning of the commemorations, which mark the 1943 revolt of hundreds of the city's Jewish inhabitants against the Nazis. IMAGES
People visit the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on 76th Founding Anniversary of DPRK in Pyongyang. IMAGES
The Patrouille de France flies over the capital to mark the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris, bringing five days of celebrations to a close in tricolor smoke. IMAGES
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