Armistice Day is observed every year on Nov. 11 to mark the end of World War One. Europe’s leaders attended the commemorative events, paying respect to soldiers killed in the war.
Under grey skies and gently falling rain, French President Emmanuel Macron laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and rekindled the eternal flame.
World War One, fought out in large part on French soil between 1914 and 1918, left about 10 million dead on all sides.
Later in the afternoon, Macron inaugurated a memorial in honor of the 549 French soldiers killed in foreign conflicts since 1963.
People across the United Kingdom observed two minutes’ silence—in commemoration of the signing of the armistice between the Allies and Germany in 1918, marking the end of World War One.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid a poppy wreath honoring veterans.
Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended a service in north London.
