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Events have been taking place across Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.

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People have been remembering the 40 million who died by the time World War II ended in Europe on 8 May 1945.

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US President George W Bush led commemorations at the US military cemetery in the Netherlands, where 8,000 American servicemen are buried.

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In London, Prince Charles laid a wreath at the Cenotaph.

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For some veterans, memories proved too painful.

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Marat Jegorow from Belarus, a former soldier of the Soviet Army, attended a ceremony in Berlin.

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In Paris, President Jacques Chirac lit the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe.

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Soviet flags are flying again in Moscow - the focus of Monday's celebrations.

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Despite nostalgia in Russia, many east Europeans are still bitter about Stalin's iron rule.

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But no tension was visible as Mr Bush was allowed to drive Russian President Vladimir Putin's Soviet-made Volga car.