Armistice Day marked around the world - in pictures

Veterans at the Commando Memorial on Spean Bridge, Scotland, observe a two-minute silence Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

US military personnel at the Cambridge American cemetery in Madingley, the only American second world war burial ground in England Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Joshua Donahue walks with his daughter Addelyne through the Cambridge American Cemetery in Madingley Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Two senior citizens pay their respects at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Honour guards attend Armistice Day commemorations at the Franco-British National Memorial in Thiepval, France Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

Injured and wounded members of the Royal Marines march through Plymouth city centre Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

An Indian delegation prepares to lay wreaths during an Armistice Day ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP

Members of the Western Front Association walk past the Cenotaph during an Armistice Day remembrance service on Whitehall, London Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Second world war veteran John Jeffrey, 90, who took part in the D-Day landings, remembers his fallen comrades during a service at the Cenotaph Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Friends and family place poppies on the honour roll at the Remembrance Day commemoration service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra Photograph: Cole Bennetts/Getty Images

Troops observe the two-minute silence at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

The silence in the underwriting room of Lloyd's of London Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Employees at Lloyd's of London observe the two-minute silence Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

British Airways staff and military personnel observe the silence at Terminal 5 of Heathrow airport Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Children place poppies in one of the fountains at Trafalgar Square after a two-minute silence Photograph: Paul Hackett/Reuters

Crosses in Scotland's First Field of Remembrance in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Soldiers of the Royal Signals clean and prepare the Basra Wall ahead of Armistice Day at The National Memorial Arboretumin Alrewas, Staffordshire Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner is cleaned for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Bill Sellick plants remembrance crosses outside Westminster Abbey Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A soldier polishes the cross on a memorial at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Field of Remembrance in Princess Street Gardens, Edinburgh Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

British war veterans visit the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

War veterans gather at the Guards Memorial on Horse Guards Parade, London Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters

People observe a minute's silence in Melbourne Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Installation of poppies by Ted Harrison in honour the involvement of children in war, St Paul's Cathedral, London Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features