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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
Rescue crews work to clear rubble the morning after a deadly Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs targeting senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. Hezbollah said that Shukr was inside the building hit by Israel the previous day and that his fate was still unknown. IMAGES
Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung begin a three day general strike after talks with management broke down. IMAGES
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
Patricia Mirallès, Secretary of State for Veterans and Remembrance, visits the Shoah Memorial in Paris to show her solidarity after red hands were spray-painted on the "Wall of the Righteous". 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