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On the occasion of May Day, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen laid a wreath in front of the statue of Joan of Arc at the Place des Pyramides in Paris to celebrate Labor Day. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath and observes a minute's silence in front of the statue of former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau during a ceremony to mark the 102nd anniversary of Armistice Day. Clemenceau was and remains a popular figure for France, playing a key role in the politics of the Third Republic when he successfully led the country through the end of the First World War, succeeding in returning Alsace-Lorraine to France. IMAGES
Britain pays tribute to the UK's war dead in a national wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial in central London, but without the usual veterans marching or crowds watching because of the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES of the ceremony
French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the 177 so-called Kieffer Commandos who landed on June 6, 1944, in the presence of one of the three surviving marine riflemen. IMAGES
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandie, French President Emmanuel Macron becomes the first president to pay tribute to some 70 resistance fighters executed by the Nazi regime in a Caen prison on 6 June 1944. IMAGES
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