ANZAC Day honours the Gallipoli sacrifice that shaped nations
The ANZAC Day memorials commemorate the April 25, 1915 Gallipoli landings in Turkey — the first major military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.
An Australian soldier plays the bagpipe during the dawn service to mark the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) commemoration ceremony at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France.Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
A bagpiper walks past the cemetery of the Australian Memorial of the World War I battle of the Somme in Villers-Bretonneux, France, during the Anzac day in tribute of Australians and New Zealanders soldiers killed in combat.Francois Nascimbeni/AFP / Getty Images
Prince Harry lays a wreath on Anzac Day at Wellington Arch in London, Britain.Reuters
An officer reads inscriptions on a wall of remembrance after the annual ANZAC Day memorial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jerusalem.Ammar Awad/Reuters
Maree Ford, 53, from Levin in New Zealand, looks at tributes left at the New Zealand war memorial during Anzac Day at Hyde Park in London, England.Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images
Australian visitors pose for a selfie after a dawn ceremony marking the 101st anniversary of the World War One battle of Gallipoli, at Anzac Cove in the Gallipoli peninsula in Canakkale, Turkey.Murad Sezer/Reuters
An Australian serviceman salutes during a service to commemorate Anzac Day at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London.Niklas Halle’n/AFP / Getty Images
War medal are seen during pre-game ANZAC day commemorations before the round eight NRL match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Sydney Roosters at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
Defence Chief of Staff at the Australian High Commission London, Graham Price, lays a remeberance cross at the Australian war memorial during Anzac Day at Hyde Park in London, England.Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images
People attend the Anzac day in tribute of Australians and New Zealanders soldiers killed in combat at the Australian Memorial of the World War I battle of the Somme, in Villers-Bretonneux, France.Francois Nascimbeni/AFP / Getty Images