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US Vice President Kamala Harris, former President George W. Bush and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland arrive ahead of a solemn ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, at the site of a crash of a plane hijacked by four jihadists. IMAGES
A solemn ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States is under way in New York under tight security. A marching band launch the start of the service at Ground Zero, where Al-Qaeda hijackers slammed jetliners into the World Trade Center killing almost 3,000 people, shortly after 8:40 am (1240 GMT). IMAGES
Images of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum and the One World Trade Center, the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. IMAGES
Hong Kong and China's flag are ceremoniously raised to mark 20 years since the politically divided city was handed back to China by Britain. China's president Xi Jinping, on a three day visit for the occasion, had been widely expected to attend the ceremony but was absent. IMAGES
People visit the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on 76th Founding Anniversary of DPRK in Pyongyang. IMAGES
People pay their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill. North Korea is marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II and the end of Japan's occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. IMAGES
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