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Crowds fall silent for a minute silence in Windsor during the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II. IMAGES
A silent walk takes place to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster, where 72 people died in Britain's worst residential fire since World War II. The fire started in a faulty freezer and ripped through the 24-storey block in west London in an inferno that was visible across the British capital. An official report blamed highly combustible cladding fixed to the exterior of the high-rise as the "principal reason" the fire spread. But despite a costly ongoing public inquiry, the government has been accused of failing to implement urgent safety changes to prevent a similar tragedy. IMAGES
People in Hisanohama, a coastal town in Fukushima, observe a minute's silence at 2.46 pm local time (0546 GMT), to mark 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. IMAGES
New US President Joe Biden leads a moment of silence for the 400,000 American victims of the coronavirus, after warning that the country may be entering the deadliest phase of the pandemic. SOUNDBITE
People gather on 125th Street in Harlem, New York, ahead of a silent march from the neighborhood to Seneca village in Central Park, to commemorate Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United States. IMAGES