Poland marks 69th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising

The Polish president, Bronislaw Komorowski, gives the Gold Cross of Merit to uprising insurgent Stanislawa Bialek at Freedom Park in the Warsaw Uprising museum Photograph: Jacek Turczyk/EPA

Motorists and onlookers stop for a minute's silence on the streets of Warsaw Photograph: Alik Keplicz/AP

President Bronislaw Komorowskiprays at the Warsaw insurgents' cemetery Photograph: Tomasz Gzell/EPA

General Zbigniew Scibor-Rylski, president of the board of uprising insurgents, salutes during a wreath-laying ceremony Photograph: Grzegorz Jakubowski/EPA

Residents hold a minute of silence to honour the heroes of the uprising at the 'Gloria Victis' monument in Powazki military cemetery Photograph: Leszek Szymanski/EPA

Roses are left at a memorial plaque in central Warsaw Photograph: Ido Liven/Demotix/Corbis

The monument to the Polish underground state Photograph: Grzegorz Jakubowski/EPA

Ewa Kopacz, marshal of the Sejm (Polish parliament), lays a wreath Photograph: Grzegorz Jakubowski/EPA

Former insurgent Ryszard Matrzak salutes Photograph: Jacek Turczyk/EPA

Residents gather at the Mound of the Uprising Photograph: Jakub Kaminski/EPA

Residents attend a ceremony at the Mound of the Warsaw Uprising Photograph: Jakub Kaminski/EPA