French President Emmanuel Macron hosts world leaders, from U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to celebrate the November 11, 1918 Armistice, which ended World War I a century ago today.
Leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk slowly toward the Arc de Triomphe ceremony | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
Chairs with the names of guests, before the international ceremony in Paris | Pool photo Benoit Tessier via EPA
French Guards of Honor prepare at the Elysée Palace | Etienne Laurent/EFE via EPA
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte welcome Republic of the Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his wife Antoinette Sassou Nguesso | Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images
West Point cadets pose near the Arc de Triomphe | Benoit Tessier/AFP via Getty Images
A bugler in period costume in the clearing of Rethondes in Compiegne, where the armistice was signed a hundred years ago | Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
U.S. President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump | Ian Langsdon/EFE via EPA
Russian President Vladimir Putin | Pool photo by Benoit Tessier via EPA
Macron prepares to deliver an address to leaders in which he said that during WWI, “Europe nearly committed suicide.” | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
Putin talks with Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel | Pool photo Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
Macron and Merkel talk next to Trump | Pool photo by Benoit Tessier via EPA
French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects by the Tomb of the Unknown soldier during in a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
Macron re-lights the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | Pool photo by Benoit Tessier via EPA
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Morocco’s Prince Moulay Hassan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
From London to Down Under
Veterans take part in the Royal British Legion’s Veterans’ March in central London | Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
Veterans gather together in London | Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May lays a poppy wreath at the Cenotaph | Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, former Prime Minister Paul Keating and Prime Minister Scott Morrison walk along the Roll of Honor in Canberra, Australia | Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
Crosses in the Fields of Remembrance in Auckland, New Zealand | Dave Rowland/Getty Images
A haka performed by air cadets in Auckland | Dave Rowland/Getty Images
A Maori performer in Wellington, New Zealand | Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images