Veterans and world leaders gather to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day – in pictures

Second World War servicemen are in France this week to commemorate the Normandy landings

Enthusiasts dressed in replica US Army Second World War-era military attire watch a Hercules aircraft fly over Utah Beach as part of the D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France. AFP

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive with French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, and his wife Brigitte Macron for a commemorative ceremony at the US cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. EPA

Britain's King Charles III, Mr Macron, Queen Camilla and Brigitte Macron walk by the memorial wall in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy. AP

A D-Day 80th anniversary presidential challenge coin, which the US President issued to US veterans of the Second World War. AFP

Mr Macron awards a US Second World War veteran with a medal of honour. AFP

Flowers offered as a tribute to the US soldiers who died during the Normandy landings lie on the shore on Utah Beach. AFP

A beach landing by the Royal Marines of 47 Commando at Asnelles before their annual 'yomp' to Port-en-Bessin, in Normandy, France, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. PA

US President Joe Biden speaks with Second World War veteran Sydney Edson in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach. AFP

Britain's King Charles speaks during the UK's commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy. PA

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with a Canadian veteran as Britain's Prince William, the Prince of Wales looks on. EPA

People stand by crosses and flags at a cemetery for Americans, near Colleville-sur-Mer. AP

Re-enactors dressed in replica US Army Second World War-era military attire parade along Utah Beach. AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrive in Ver-sur-Mer. PA

A parachutist descends in the lead up to the Canadian commemorative ceremony at the Juno Beach Centre near Courseulles-sur-Mer. AP

People attending a ceremony on Gold Beach in Arromanches, Normandy, France, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. PA

A military piper comes into shore on a DUKW amphibious vehicle to play a dawn lament in Normandy. PA

A D-Day themed drone display takes place above the Portsmouth Naval Memorial in Hampshire, England. Getty Images

A man pays homage in front of illuminated graves at the Bayeux War Cemetery, north-west France. AFP

Military re-enactors wearing replica military uniforms in Saint-Come-du-Mont, north-west France. AFP

Army veterans arrive at the Deauville-Normandie Airport in Saint-Gatien-des-Bois, north-west France, on June 3 ahead of the commemorations. AFP

Veteran Anna Mae Krier, 98, arrives at the airport from Atlanta, Georgia. Reuters

Silhouettes representing British soldiers who died during the war at Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Reuters

French first lady Brigitte Macron welcomes Lt Col Enoch 'Woody' Woodhouse. Reuters

French troops disembark from a US landing craft during a joint US and French amphibious landing operation at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. AFP

Donald Turrell, second right, 98, sits with other D-Day veterans in the map room at Southwick House, near Portsmouth, the UK. AFP

British flags are waved as D-Day veterans leave aboard a Brittany Ferries ship as they travel from Portsmouth in southern England to Caen in north-west France. AFP

The Standing with Giants installation at the Normandy British Memorial, Ver-Ser-Mer, France, ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. PA

US war veterans attend a wreath-laying ceremony at Utah Beach, Normandy. AP

American veteran Bill Wall throws roses into the water during the wreath-laying ceremony at Utah Beach, Normandy. AP

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a ceremony to pay homage to Saint Marcel resistance fighters in Plumelec, Brittany, north-west France. EPA

A soldier salutes French President Emmanuel Macron in Plumelec, Brittany. AP

US President Joe Biden is welcomed by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal upon his arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris. AP

Labour leader Keir Starmer with First Minister of Scotland John Swinney as they sit near UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron at the UK's national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Portsmouth, Hampshire. PA Wire

Prince William and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attend the UK's national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, hosted by the Ministry of Defence on Southsea Common in Portsmouth, England. Getty Images

Actress Helen Mirren takes part in a commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Portsmouth, England. AP

Veterans attend a UK national commemorative event to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day in France in 1944, in Southsea Common, in Portsmouth, England. AFP

White crosses which make up some of the 9,388 graves at the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, near Omaha Beach, north-west France. AFP

The UK's national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, hosted by the Ministry of Defence on Southsea Common in Portsmouth, England. Getty Images

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