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The sun rises over Normandy's Omaha beach as final preparations are made before Western leaders arrive to commemorate the 1944 World War II D-Day landings in northern France to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation. IMAGES
Mexico's now demobilized Zapatista guerrilla group celebrate the 30th anniversary of its pro-Indigenous, anti-capitalist uprising in an impoverished southern region where today drug traffickers are a greater foe than the military. Supporters from Mexico and Europe headed to the state of Chiapas for two days of events in the jungle at the invitation of the EZLN. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden and his wife arrive at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, where they are greeted by Japanese PM Fumio Kishida ahead of the G7 summit. IMAGES
Police officers guard the entrance to Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to host leaders from six other wealthy democracies in his hometown -- a city synonymous with nuclear destruction now peppered with peace monuments. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the parliament speaker Yaël Braun-Pivet lay wreaths in front of the former offices of Charlie Hebdo, eight years after the terrorist attack that decimated its editorial staff on January 7, 2015. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.