World leaders, including Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, join for Armistice centenary in Arc de Triomphe ceremony
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Thousands of people across the world gathered in capitals, beside monuments and in front of their leaders to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
Services of remembrance were held in Australia, New Zealand and Commonwealth nations, as tens of thousands of people paused to reflect on the innumerable lives given to a conflict a century ago.
Some 12,000 people, including veterans and serving soldiers, gathered for a national ceremony of remembrance at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Commemorations started in the UK at dawn with hundreds of bagpipers across the country playing a lament at 6am.
In Paris, at the biggest of the events marking the occasion, over 100 world leaders and dignitaries walked towards the Arc de Triomphe to stand before the grave of the unknown soldier.
French president Emmanuel Macron made a speech warning against the dangers of nationalism, in what was interpreted as a veiled criticism of US President Donald Trump, who was among the gathered dignitaries.
Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin and Justin Trudeau were also present.
"Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism," Mr Macron said.
"Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. In saying 'Our interests first, whatever happens to the others,' you erase the most precious thing a nation can have, that which makes it live, that which causes it to be great and that which is most important: Its moral values."
In the UK Prince Charles laid a wreath at the cenotaph in London on behalf of his mother.
The Queen watched from a nearby balcony, flanked by the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall.
In an historic first Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president, also laid a wreath during the ceremony.
It is the first time that a German representative has done so.
Officials said that Mr Steinmeier's presence during the ceremony was a sign of the friendship that now exists between Germany and Britain.
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Following the National Service of Remembrance at the cenotaph, 10,000 people marched past the monument and through London, in tribute to those who served in the First World War.
At 7pm on Sunday 1,000 beacons across the UK will also be lit to mark the occasion.
Remembrance ceremonies were also held in Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and on a number of South Pacific Islands.
If you want to read how Remembrance Day unfolded live, please see what was our live coverage below:
A topless female protester has been detained after she ran towards the motorcade which was carrying Donald and Melania Trump along the Champs Elysees in Paris.
She came within a few meters of the motorcade but was apprehended by French police.
The protester appears to be a member of Femen, a feminist activist group based in the French capital.
The US leader was on his way to the Arc de Triomphe to mark Armistice Day.
Prince Charles will lead tributes to all those who have lost their lives in conflict at the cenotaph today.
He will lay a wreath at the monument on behalf of his mother for the second year in a row, while an equerry will lay a wreath on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Queen will watch the Whitehall service from the balcony of the nearby Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Emmanuel Macron has warned of the fragility of peace and the dangers of nationalism in a speech marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
He was speaking in Paris, to over 60 heads of state and government who had gathered to mark the occasion, including US president Donald Trump.
"The traces of this war never went away," Macron said.
"The old demons are rising again."
"We must reaffirm before our peoples our true and huge responsibility."
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