Remembrance Day in pictures

A veteran pays his respects at the National Memorial Arboretumi Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, stands with students before the Unknown Soldier tomb at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris Photograph: EPA

Lloyds of London staff hold their annual Remembrance Day silence in the City of London Photograph: Paul Hackett/Reuters

Lebanese veterans who served in the French army during the second world war attend the commemoration at Beirut's cemetery for French soldiers killed in the first world war Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters

Members of the Indian delegation carry wreaths during an Armistice Day ceremony under the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP

National Railway Museum worker Andrew Buckley plays the bugle after an Armistice Day silence at the museum in York Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

Shadows on the armed forces memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Poppies are released into a fountain during the Royal British Legion's silence in Castle Square, Swansea Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A biker is seen during a combined homecoming and remembrance parade in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Players from the South Australian Redbacks and England mark Remembrance Day during a match at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images

David Cameron lays a wreath with British war veterans at a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Korean national war memorial in Seoul Photograph: Andy Rain/PA

Cameron leaves the commemoration with the Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, the Canadian PM, Stephen Harper, and the French finance minister, Christine Lagarde Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Autumn colours surround the war memorial in Shildon, County Durham Photograph: John Giles/PA