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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025 – in pictures

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Eighty years on from the day Soviet troops arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, survivors, international heads of state and dignitaries gathered at the site in Poland where more than 1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked around the world on 27 January

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Holocaust survivors and their relatives lay wreaths and light candles at the Death Wall at the former Auschwitz I Nazi concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. Photograph: Wojtek Radwański/AFP/Getty Images

Mon 27 Jan 2025 12.34 EST

First published on Mon 27 Jan 2025 10.16 EST

King Charles III lays a candle during commemorations at Auschwitz-Birkenau. — King Charles III lays a candle during commemorations at Auschwitz-BirkenauPhotograph: Aaron Chown/Rex/Shutterstock
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People arrive with candles at the former Nazi concentration camp in Terezin, Czech Republic — People arrive with candles at the former Nazi concentration camp in Terezín, Czech RepublicPhotograph: Petr David Josek/AP
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Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales talks with Yvonne Bernstein at a ceremony in London — Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales talks with Yvonne Bernstein at a ceremony in LondonPhotograph: Arthur Edwards/AP
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Isaac Herzog speaks from a dais to rows of people sitting in the UN headquarters — The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, speaks during a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the UN headquarters in New York CityPhotograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images
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A visitor stands at a metal gate bearing the words: ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ — A visitor stands at the main gate of the former Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, near MunichPhotograph: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters
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A crowd of people stand outside next to an old freight wagon — People take part in a ceremony at the Shoah memorial in Drancy, Paris, next to a wagon used to transport people to the concentration campsPhotograph: Teresa Suárez/EPA
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A group of people stand on the other side of a patterned screen — Representatives of the Jewish faith attend a ceremony at the Keneseth Eliyahoo synagogue, in Mumbai, IndiaPhotograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA
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David Mandel holds his hands up in greeting as a crowd of people applaud him — People applaud the Holocaust survivor David Mandel as he arrives to attend the commemoration ceremony in Oświęcim, PolandPhotograph: Sean Kilpatrick/AP
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King Philippe of Belgium, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Charles III of Great Britain and King Frederik X of Denmark sit in the front row of a group of dignitaries — Front row, from left to right: King Philippe of Belgium, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Charles III of the United Kingdom, and King Frederik X of Denmark attend a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, in Oświęcim, PolandPhotograph: Aaron Chown/Pool/Getty Images
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People lay a wreath during a ceremony in Bucharest — The president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, Silviu Vexler, lays a wreath during a ceremony at Coral Jewish Temple in Bucharest. Romania is commemorating the Holocaust as it comes to terms with its past and recognises the murder of thousands of Jews at Romanian hands during the second world war. In October 2023, Romania adopted a law making the teaching of the history of the Holocaust mandatory in state schoolsPhotograph: Robert Ghement/EPA
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People at the gates of the former Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany — People visit the site of the former Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, GermanyPhotograph: Markus Schreiber/AP
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Emmanuel Macron signs a book — Emmanuel Macron, the French president, signs a book after laying a wreath of flowers during a ceremony at the Memorial de la Shoah Holocaust Museum in ParisPhotograph: Thibault Camus/AFP/Getty Images
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The Polish president, Andrzej Duda, speaks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi death camp in Oświęcim, Poland — The Polish president, Andrzej Duda, speaks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi death camp in Oświęcim, PolandPhotograph: Oded Balilty/AP
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The Israeli ambassador to Russia, Simona Halperin, lays flowers at a memorial — The Israeli ambassador to Russia, Simona Halperin, lays flowers at the memorial to the heroes of resistance in concentration camps at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow, RussiaPhotograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
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Janine Webber, a Holocaust survivor, and Evie Robinson, a Holocaust Educational Trust young ambassador, light candles — Janine Webber, a Holocaust survivor, and Evie Robinson, a Holocaust Educational Trust young ambassador, light candles during an event at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Westminster, LondonPhotograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA
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Naki Bega, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, is aided at a memorial to Holocaust victims in Athens, Greece — Naki Bega, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, pays tribute at a memorial to victims in Athens, GreecePhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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A person riding a bicycle passes in front of an LCD banner of German Bundestag’s Speaker Bärbel Bas holding a sign reading #WeRemember in Berlin — A person in Berlin riding a bicycle passes in front of an LCD banner of German Bundestag’s speaker, Bärbel Bas, holding a sign reading #WeRememberPhotograph: Filip Singer/EPA
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A flower sit on stone slab as rainwater runs down on stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in Berlin, Germany — Rainwater runs down on the stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in Berlin, GermanyPhotograph: Filip Singer/EPA
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Survivors and relatives walk by the Death Wall at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi concentration and extermination camp — Survivors and relatives walk by the Death Wall at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination campPhotograph: Oded Balilty/AP
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Italian senator for life Liliana Segre is accompanied by Noemi Di Segni, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities at the Synagogue of Rome, Italy — The Italian senator for life Liliana Segre is accompanied by Noemi Di Segni, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, at a wreath-laying ceremony at the tombstone of the deportees at the Synagogue of Rome, ItalyPhotograph: Fabio Frustaci/EPA
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People attend a ceremony at the monument to Jewish victims of Nazi massacres at Babi Yar ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials attend a ceremony at the monument to Jewish victims of Nazi massacres at Babi Yar ravine in Kyiv, UkrainePhotograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP
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Survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp and their families arrive to lay candles at the Death Wall — Survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp and their families arrive to lay candles at the Death WallPhotograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A journalist works in an outdoor TV studio in front of barracks at the former Auschwitz camp — A journalist works in an outdoor TV studio in front of barracks at the former Auschwitz campPhotograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images
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A person draped in the Israeli flag touches a wall as another watches — People arrive for a memorial in the Auschwitz I former concentration camp site on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the campPhotograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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View of the gate at Auschwitz that reads ‘Work Sets You Free’ in German — View of the gate at Auschwitz that reads ‘Work Sets You Free’ in GermanPhotograph: Grzegorz Celejewski/Agencja Wyborcza/Reuters
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Workers make final preparations before the commemorations at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp — Workers make final preparations before the commemorations at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau campPhotograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images
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