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Jerusalem, April 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Atef Safadi) The Israelis returned on Wednesday to the military cemeteries to commemorate the Memorial Day, a sad day in which they visited the graves of the victims of various conflicts that the country faced, after being unable to do so last year due to Covid-19 restrictions.FOOTAGE OF A CEMETERY AND RELATIVES VISITING THE VICTIMS IN JERUSALEM
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather outside a military base housing French forces in Niamey, Niger, for the third day running, to demand their departure. IMAGES
Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show armoured vehicles and Wagner soldiers lining the streets as residents walk around them or watch on in groups. In an earlier televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the city as Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to oust the Russian military's top brass. IMAGES
Soldiers parade along the avenue leading to Buckingham Palace at a jubilee pageant on the fourth day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne of the United Kingdom. IMAGES
On a visit to Kyiv, new French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna lays flowers with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, to commemorate Ukrainian soldiers who have died in combat since Russia's offensive in the Donbas in 2014. IMAGES