Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – 6th June 2014 – Picture by Press Eye

First Minister Peter Robinson has attended the 70th D-Day commemorations in Normandy. He is pictured following a service at Bayeux Cemetry.

World leaders and veterans attend the ceremony of remembrance in Bayeux Cathedral.

Francois Hollande and US President Barack Obama are attending a service at a war cemetery in Bayeux, where Queen Elizabeth laid a wreath.

Other world leaders and veterans will also gather at Ouistreham, one of the beaches where Allied troops landed.

The landings were the first stage of the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.