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US President Joe Biden pays tribute to those who, by fighting on D-Day, 'became heroes' because they knew 'that there are things worth fighting and dying for', during the US ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches. SOUNDBITE
The UN General Assembly votes to establish an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, despite furious opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. The resolution written by Germany and Rwanda -- countries synonymous with genocides in the 20th century -- received 84 votes in favor, 19 against with 68 abstentions. It makes July 11 "International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide." IMAGES
People stand still at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem as Israel marks a sombre Memorial Day overshadowed by the war in Gaza. IMAGES
Images showing people lighting candles at a makeshift memorial in front of the main building of Charles University, Prague, after a 24-year-old student killed 14 people and wounded 25, in the Czech Republic's worst shooting in decades, before authorities said the attacker was "eliminated". IMAGES
Sirens wailed out across China at the beginning of a public memorial service for former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday, who died last week at the age of 96. 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
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