Sunday, November 11, 2018

Armistice Day


World leaders are attending a ceremony in Paris commemorating the centenary of the Armistice that ended World War One. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among those gathered for a service beneath the Arc de Triomphe. President Emmanuel Macron and dignitaries marched to the arch in the rain, under black umbrellas, while church bells tolled through the city. Many other events have been taking place around the world.
 Some 9.7 million soldiers and 10 million civilians died in World War One, which lasted from 1914 to 1918.
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