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A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles was unveiled in northern France on Sunday, a tribute to their sacrifice seen as long overdue. The British Normandy Memorial, inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the invasion of Nazi-occupied France in the summer of 1944, is situated on a hillside in the Normandy village of Ver-sur-Mer. Opened on the 77th anniversary of the landings, it overlooks Gold Beach, one of three beaches where British forces landed on the morning of June 6, 1944 to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a ceremony at the British World War II memorial in Ver-Sur-Mer, Normandie, to commemorate 75 years since the D-Day landings. 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
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a ceremony commemorating Martyrs' Day ahead of National day to mark the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Tiananmen Square. IMAGES
Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, attends a ceremony to mark 43 years of independence in the southern African nation. The celebrations were held in the small town of Mount Darwin, around 155 kilometres northeast of the capital Harare. IMAGES
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