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French president Emmanuel Macron talks with a former combatant, 80 years to the day after General De Gaulle launched, from London, his famous call to resist Nazi Germany. Macron is visiting the Museum of the Order of the Liberation in Paris. IMAGES
Russian president Vladimir Putin participates in the flower laying ceremony during the commemorative events marking the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest in World War II. The ceremony takes place at the Hall of Military Glory, at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two Memorial complex in Volgograd. IMAGES
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and French President Emmanuel Macron lay wreaths at Clarence House in central London to mark the 80th anniversary of former French president Charles de Gaulle's appeal to French people to resist the Nazi occupation. IMAGES
The Patrouille de France flies over the capital to mark the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris, bringing five days of celebrations to a close in tricolor smoke. IMAGES
Gérard Larcher, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Anne Hidalgo and Patricia Miralles take part in the ceremony in tribute to Marshal Philippe Leclerc, as part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. On 24 August 1944, the soldiers of the 2nd armoured division, commanded by General Leclerc, entered the capital through the Porte d'Italie. IMAGES