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Tokyo, Aug 14 (EFE/EPA).- People visited Friday the Yasukuni shrine in tokyo on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII.The Japanese government said about 3.1 millione people were killed in 1963 during the war.After Class A war criminals were also enshrined at Yasukuni, the Japanese emperors never visited the shrine, making it a highly controversial place. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA)FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE PRAYING IN FRONT OF A TORII GATE AT THE YASUKUNI SHRINE IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau places wreaths at Arlington National Military Cemetery in honor of fallen American and Canadian soldiers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A ceremony on Tel Aviv's Dizengoff square for Israel's dead and missing is cut short, as a rocket alert sends people running to take shelter. IMAGES
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez lays a wreath in Kyiv in memory of those killed in Ukraine before meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
Images show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the United States Joe Biden as the latter pays a surprise visit to Kyiv ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion. The two leaders, with air raid sirens sounding in the background, visit the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in the Ukrainian capital, where they honour the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders. IMAGES