Armistice Day: Services and silence to honour the fallen
Tributes have been paid to servicemen and women who died in conflicts since the start of World War One.
Ceremonies took place around the UK and further afield to mark the anniversary of the WW1 armistice.
In London, a 13-year-old army cadet planted the final symbolic ceramic poppy in the art installation at the Tower of London.
Services were held in military bases, churches and schools, and a two-minute silence was observed at 11:00 GMT.
In London, remembrance ceremonies took place at Westminster Abbey, the Cenotaph and Trafalgar Square. Among the commemorations elsewhere
French President Francois Hollande laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
A memorial service was held in the Afghan capital Kabul for British servicemen killed there
In the Belgian town of Ypres there was a special sounding of the Last Post to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of WW1
The two-minute silence was observed across the UK, including at the Field of Remembrance in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens and the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
A plaque was unveiled at Glasgow's Central Station. It reads: "On these platforms, in two world wars, hundreds of thousands of servicemen and women said good-bye to their families, some for the last time."
Towns, cities and villages across Wales remembered the fallen.
Army cadet Harry Hayes, 13, planted the last poppy at the Tower of London's commemorative installation
The cadet, from Reading Blue Coat School in Berkshire, was watched by thousands as he placed the last of 888,246 ceramic flowers in the moat of the Tower of the London.
His great-great-great uncle, Private Patrick Kelly of the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, was killed just weeks before the end of the war on September 27 1918.
Cadet Hayes admitted he was nervous, but said "It is an amazing honour, seeing all these poppies and I managed to plant the last one."
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, 70 years since the D-Day landings and the end of Britain's conflict in Afghanistan.
Since last year's Armistice Day, another seven members of the British armed forces have died in service - including five who died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in April.
'Very poignant'
Stephen Clarke, head of remembrance for the British Legion, said: "This year it feels like there are more poppies out in the streets and a lot of different styles of poppy, because remembrance is very personal."
Richard Hughes of the Western Front Association, which organises the Annual Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, said this year's commemorations were not just about the end of World War One.
"We have got the modern version here with us stepping back from Afghanistan," he said. "That itself has tremendous resonance."
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