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75 years after Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to push Nazi forces out of France, men gather in vintage military uniforms on Omaha Beach to pay tribute to the soldiers who took part in the operation. IMAGES
Normandy and the D-Day landing beaches awoke to a thin layer of snow (3 to 5 cm), causing some disruption to transport and a lack of traders in the markets, while France experienced one of its coldest days for six years. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in the ceremony commemorating the landing of French marine commandos in Normandy, in the presence of Leon Gautier, the last living Frenchman to have taken part in the landing. IMAGES
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and Algerian Consul General in Paris Said Moussi take part in commemorations of the 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters at a rally in Paris to protest a decision to impose a curfew solely on the country's French Algerian minority. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in commemorations of the massacre by Paris police of protesters at a rally 60 years ago against France's rule in its then-colony Algeria. In a statement from the Élysée Palace, the head of state condemned as "inexcusable" the "crimes" that were committed on the night of October 17, 1961, under the command of the notorious Paris police chief Maurice Papon. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump arrives in Caen, northern France, for a second day of tributes to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings by Allied troops. He is set to join French President Emmanuel Macron in Colleville-sur-Mer for a Franco-American ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. IMAGES
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