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PHOTO GALLERY: Celebrations across the globe to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day




Airplanes fly over a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. AFP

US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden walk amid the white crosses, part of the 9,388 graves at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial after the US ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. AFP

(From L) Britain s Queen Camilla, Britain s King Charles III, France s President Emmanuel Macron and French President s wife Brigitte Macron attend the UK Ministry of Defence and the Royal British Legion s commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial near the village of Ver-sur-Mer which overlooks Gold Beach and Juno Beach in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. AFP

Canadian Air Force Major-General Richard H. Rohmer (C) waves as he arrives at the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. AFP

Participants and attendees arrive at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2024, for a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. AFP

The British Royal Air Force s (RAF) aerobatic team, the Red Arrows and a Eurofigher Typhoon perform a flypast during the UK Ministry of Defence and the Royal British Legion s commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial near the village of Ver-sur-Mer which overlooks Gold Beach and Juno Beach in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. AFP

A veteran attends the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, Normandy on the northern coast of France, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of Allied amphibious landing (D-Day Landings) in France in 1944, on June 6, 2024. AFP

A color guard arrives at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2024, for a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. AFP

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), the Red Arrows , accompanied by Typhoon Display Team Moggy aircraft fly over the British Normandy Memorial, during a major commemorative event in Normandy to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, in Ver-sur-Mer, France, Thursday June 6, 2024. AP

U.S. World War II veteran and Tuskegee Airman, Enoch Woody Woodhouse salutes as he arrives to an international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World leaders are gathered Thursday in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. AP

Standard-bearers arrive during the UK National Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Stafford, central England, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of Allied amphibious landing (D-Day Landings) in France in 1944, on June 6, 2024. AFP

A woman holds flowers during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2024. AFP

Britain s Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (centre left) and Britain s Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (centre right) attend the UK National Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Stafford, central England, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of Allied amphibious landing (D-Day Landings) in France in 1944, on June 6, 2024. AFP

The military band of the Foreign Legion performs prior to the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. AFP

Veteran Jim Miller, centre left, poses with Britain s Prince Edward, centre right, and Britain s Princess Sophie, centre, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, during the Royal British Legion s service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, England, on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Thursday June 6, 2024. AP

Normandy veteran Tom Watkins (C) attends the UK National Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Stafford, central England, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of Allied amphibious landing (D-Day Landings) in France in 1944, on June 6, 2024. AFP

Soldiers of the First U.S. Army hold a ceremony on Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on Friday, June 7, 2024. AP

People attend a multinational parachute drop to commemorate the contribution of airborne forces on D-Day as part of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Sannerville, Normandy, France, June 5, 2024. AP

WWII veterans and representatives from Allied nations involved in the Normandy Campaign lay floral wreaths at the World Warr II Memorial s Freedom Wall during D-Day 80th Anniversary commemorations at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Thursday, June 6, 2024. AP

Militaries bagpipers and other musicians perform during a British veterans parade in Arromanches-les-Bains on June 6, 2024. AFP

Crowds surround vehicles driven by various vehicles owned by re-enactors on the beach, as they take part in a parade of WWII vehicles on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day in Arramanches les-Bains in Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. AFP

British Universal tracked vehicles driven by re-enactors on the beach at as they take part in a parade of WWII vehicles on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, in Arramanches les-Bains in Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. AP