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A large French flag flies above the first level of the Eiffel Tower as part of the annual 8 May commemorations. This year marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe but ceremonies have had to be scaled back and held without the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
NATO foreign ministers meet for the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers' session. One of the issues on the agenda is military aid to Kyiv. It comes on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. IMAGES
British opposition leader Keir Starmer, PM Rishi Sunak, and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh arrive at Westminster Abbey for a service to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Britain's National Health Service (NHS). IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend a ceremony in Berlin marking 75 years since the end of World War II. IMAGES
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 75,000 people people worldwide, the majority of them in Europe, since it emerged in China in December, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources at 0945 GMT Tuesday. ANIMATED VIDEO