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People in Israel and around the world have been honouring the six million Jews who perished in the Nazi Holocaust.

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Some 18,000 people participated in the annual March of the Living at the biggest World War II death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the march was a demonstration "of solidarity and remembrance".

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In Israel, the nation came to a standstill for two minutes of silence at 1000 local time (0700 GMT).

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Israeli President Moshe Katsav said the Holocaust survivors were "a symbol of the... willpower of the Jewish people".

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A memorial service was also held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem.

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A minute of silence was observed at Babiy Yar square in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, where more than 100,000 Jews were killed during the Nazi occupation.

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First lady of the US Laura Bush delivers the main address at this year's National Commemoration for the Days of Remembrance at the Capitol in Washington.

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A member of Cuba's small Jewish community puts a stone on a tomb at the Jewish cemetery in Havana.