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The French flag was raised under the Eiffel Tower during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. On 25 August 1944, at midday, firefighters from the ‘Sarniguet commando’ went to the Eiffel Tower to take down the Nazi flag that had been flying there for four years and replace it with the tricolour. IMAGES
The French flag was raised under the Eiffel Tower during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. On 25 August 1944, at midday, firefighters from the ‘Sarniguet commando’ went to the Eiffel Tower to take down the Nazi flag that had been flying there for four years and replace it with the tricolour. IMAGES
Chilean President Gabriel Boric marches in the capital Santiago to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet against socialist President Salvador Allende. IMAGES
As the African Union celebrates its 60th anniversary, delegates from across the continent pose for a group photo in Addis Ababa to mark the occasion. IMAGES
The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, receives the new German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius at the Ministry of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the reconciliation treaty between Germany and France. IMAGES