Events are taking place in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
On June 6, 1944, Allied troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada landed on five stretches of the German-occupied French coastline.
It was the largest amphibious invasion in history and launched a campaign that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
US President Joe Biden is among 20 heads of state in Normandy on Thursday at a D-Day ceremony at Omaha Beach, where US forces suffered substantial losses.
