Centenary of the WWI Armistice, in photos

Leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk slowly toward the Arc de Triomphe ceremony | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

Chairs with the names of guests, before the international ceremony in Paris | Pool photo Benoit Tessier via EPA

French Guards of Honor prepare at the Élysée Palace | Etienne Laurent/EFE via EPA

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte welcome Republic of the Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his wife Antoinette Sassou Nguesso | Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images

West Point cadets pose near the Arc de Triomphe | Benoit Tessier/AFP via Getty Images

A bugler in period costume in the clearing of Rethondes in Compiegne, where the armistice was signed a hundred years ago | Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump | Ian Langsdon/EFE via EPA

Russian President Vladimir Putin | Pool photo by Benoit Tessier via EPA

Macron prepares to deliver an address to leaders in which he said that during WWI, “Europe nearly committed suicide.” | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

Putin talks with Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel | Pool photo Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

Macron and Merkel talk next to Trump | Pool photo by Benoit Tessier via EPA

French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects by the Tomb of the Unknown soldier during in a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

Macron re-lights the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | Pool photo by Benoit Tessier via EPA

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Morocco’s Prince Moulay Hassan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

Veterans take part in the Royal British Legion’s Veterans’ March in central London | Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

Veterans gather together in London | Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May lays a pappy wreath at the Cenotaph | Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, former Prime Minister Paul Keating and Prime Minister Scott Morrison walk along the Roll of Honour in Canberra, Australia | Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

Crosses in the Fields of Remembrance in Auckland, New Zealand | Dave Rowland/Getty Images

A haka performed by air cadets in Auckland | Dave Rowland/Getty Images

A Maori performer in Wellington, New Zealand | Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images