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Added on the 05/06/2019 11:13:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The sun rises over Normandy's Omaha beach as final preparations are made before Western leaders arrive to commemorate the 1944 World War II D-Day landings in northern France to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation. IMAGES
Large crowds holding banners and Polish flags gather in Warsaw for a march through the city to mark Independence Day. IMAGES
British military veterans, serving units and members of the public gather on London's Whitehall for a UK Remembrance Day ceremony. Charles III is to take part in the event - his first as king - and lay a wreath in tribute to UK and Commonwealth war dead. IMAGES
Jewish nationalists gather to celebrate ahead of the "Jerusalem Day" march in Jerusalem. Israel deployed 3,000 police on the day that marks its 1967 capture of east Jerusalem, home of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound located on what Jews revere as the Temple Mount. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinians protesters gather near the United Center, where the Democratic National Convention will kick off in the evening when US President Joe Biden will deliver a bittersweet farewell, passing the torch to Kamala Harris. Protesters carry banners reading "Free Palestine", "Peace now", and Palestinian flags. IMAGES