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Australian Lieutenant Alan Williams, 90, pauses to remember lost comrades during a memorial service in Roseville, near Sydney.

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King Albert II of Belgium lays a wreath of flowers in front of the Unknown Soldier Monument in Brussels.

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French President Jacques Chirac lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

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A gun is fired from Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, marking the start of the two minutes' silence.

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Colour Sergeant Eddie Neighbour of the Royal Marine Band sounds the alert aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in Portsmouth.

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The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen, Australian PM John Howard and British PM Tony Blair attend a service to unveil a memorial to Australian servicemen and women in London.

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Commuters at Paddington Station bow their heads during the two minutes' silence at 1100 GMT.

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The last post is sounded at the remembrance parade at York War Memorial.

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Baird Jones, 86, takes part in a remembrance service at the Cenotaph in Liverpool city centre.

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The morning sun begins to rise behind the famous Iwo Jima Memorial, in Arlington, Virginia, USA.