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A look at how other countries remember their veterans and the fallen. This gallery will be updated regularly

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French soldiers, members of the First Infantry Regiment of Marines, stand guard in front of the graves of French soldiers killed during the First World War on the Thessaloniki front, in the French Military cemetery in Skopje during Remembrance Day, marking the 92th anniversary of the end of that war.ROBERT ATANASOVSKI

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People participate in a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2010.JEWEL SAMAD

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Veterans salute at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial on Veteran's Day in Washington, November 11, 2010.LARRY DOWNING

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An ex-service woman places a Cross of Remembrance in the Field of Remembrance, before the annual Armistice Day service, at Westminster Abbey, in central London.CARL COURT

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Prince Philip lays a wreath at the grave of the Unknown Warrior, during a service in which he opened the Field of Remembrance at Westminster AbbeyWPA Pool/Getty Images

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French soldiers, members of the First Infantry Regiment of Marines and also part of the NATO forces in Kosovo, stand at attention between the graves at the French military cemetery during Remembrance Day, marking the 92th anniversary of the end of World War I, in Skopje.OGNEN TEOFILOVSKI

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Photographs of soldiers killed on duty in Afghanistan are seen attached to replica crosses at a Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey in central London Nov. 11, 2010.TOBY MELVILLE

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Britain's Prince Philip (L), reacts as he meets with representatives of British military regiments, during a service in which he opened the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, in central London on November 11, 2010. Prince Philip went on to lay a wreath at the grave of the Unknown Warrior, as part of this year's Armistice Day memorial services.BEN STANSALL/AFP / Getty Images

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Seven-year-old Jonny Osborne, wearing the medals of his great-great uncle, Sapper Lawrence Burton, attends a service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in London, Nov. 11, 2010, to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day, when peace returned to Europe at the end of the First World War.Ian Nicholson

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Lloyds of London staff hold their annual Remembrance Day service at the Lloyds BuildingPAUL HACKETT

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends the annual Armistice Day service on Nov/ 11, 2010 in Paris, France.Julien M. Hekimian

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