A piper at Lincoln Cathedral was one of a thousand around the UK and elsewhere to play a traditional Scottish lament titled Battle’s O’er.

It marked the start of a day of Remembrance events taking place around the country.

The 100th anniversary of Armistice Day is being commemorated around the world. Here are a selection of photographs from the events.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed world leaders to the Elysee Palace ahead of a commemoration at the Arc de Triomphe.

President Macron is greeting the world leaders at his official residence in Paris.

The 70 dignitaries will then head to the Arc de Triomphe where they will listen to readings of testimonies written on the day of the Armistice, and hold a minute's silence.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the world leaders attending the ceremony.

French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver a speech at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the arch and afterwards will lead the Paris Peace Forum, which aims to encourage more collective decision-making in the 21st century.

Poet Ben Taylor - best known as Yorkshire Prose - pays tribute to the men and women of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

A large image of Wilfred Owen, one of England's greatest war poets, has been displayed near Lime Street rail station in Liverpool, where he spent some of his youth.

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In January 1917, he joined troops on the Western Front and, after experiencing heavy fighting, he was diagnosed with shellshock.

At the Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh, he met the poet Siegfried Sassoon, who gave him encouragement and introduced him to literary figures such as Robert Graves.

He returned to France in August 1918 but was killed a week before Armistice while attempting to lead his men across a canal during a battle.

Owen's single volume of poems, edited by Sassoon and published in 1920, contain some of the most poignant English poetry of World War One, including 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'.

Conservative MP Andrew Murrison, who served as a Medical Officer in the Royal Navy for 18 years, is the government's Special Representative for the centenary.

Speaking to the BBC, he said: "What's struck me throughout the whole of the seven years is how much this has been a people's centenary and I think we're going to see today that interest in the personal and parochial above all things.

"We can debate the grand and strategic, but this is about individuals and people's remembrance of those individuals who served a hundred years ago."

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BBC News

One hundred volunteers from the National Citizen Service will be laying wreaths at the Cenotaph on behalf of those in the People's Parade.

Volunteer Su Ramadan, 18, from Watford, who was at the Passchendaele commemorations last year, says she expects today will be a life experience and looks forward to hearing the memories of the people she meets.

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Andrew Gamble, from Ballymena, will be marching in the People's Procession with the Flute Association of Northern Ireland.

Pulling the scores out from under his hat, he says they'll be playing Imperial Echoes and Peace and Plenty.

"It's such a privilege to be here," he said.

Jonny Dymond
BBC royal correspondent

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The rain has cleared and the sun is shining on damp pavements in and around Whitehall in central London. There are thick crowds in the streets and squares all around, long queues, shuffling patiently to attend the ceremony.

On corners and in cafes, on Horseguards Parade, and in front of government buildings, knots of men gather, dark blazers, medals, regimental ties, quiet comradely chatter.

And everywhere the splash of poppies on coats and jackets.

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BBC Scotland

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Today instant news is taken for granted. Broadcasting and, more recently, the internet means that news spreads quickly.

In 1945, millions sat by their wirelesses as World War Two drew to a close. Winston Churchill's speech, proclaiming the end of the war in Europe, was the signal for those who were not already rejoicing in anticipation of peace to begin their celebrations.

But in 1918 news of the the Armistice that ended World War One trickled down in a way which may seem slow to us but which was actually fast for the time, thanks to the new technology of wireless communications.

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A lone piper played the lament Battle is O'er outside St John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Salford to a small group who gathered outside in the cold dawn.

Buses, cars and birdsong added background sounds while the group including civic leaders and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford huddled in silent respect.

The cathedral's Mass will start at 11:00 at the local war memorial, which marks the deaths of those died in World War One.

The poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy reads her poem The Wound in Time, written for the Armistice anniversary and broadcast for the first time on BBC Radio 4.

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BBC News

On show along the Mall are two vintage buses used during WW1.

In 1914, about 1,000 red London buses were commandeered by the War Office for military service - many were sent to the frontline in France and Flanders.

Back home in London, where the vehicles remained red, women began working on them for the very first time.

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Communities are gathering on dozens of beaches across the UK this morning to witness film director Danny Boyle's project, titled Pages of the Sea, which marks the centenary of the end of World War One.

A large-scale portrait of a casualty from the war has been drawn into the sand at low tide.

The locations include Folkestone, Clacton-on-Sea, Blackpool, Lyme Regis and Redcar.

At Folkestone beach, a large 60m portrait of Wilfred Owen, the second lieutenant who would become known as one of England's greatest war poets, has been created.

Boyle has also commissioned a new poem by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, to be read by people on the beaches.

Pages of the Sea is part of the UK's official arts programme to mark the World War One centenary, which has been running since 2014.

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BBC News

The torrential rain that soaked London through the night has thankfully stopped.

The puddle-strewn Mall is warming up as organisers and volunteers prepare for the thousands of people taking part in the people's procession past the Centopah who will pack it out later.

Helpers, still wearing their rainmacs,stack piles of water bottles.

Police vans and cars line the side streets as officers huddle in groups and a helicopter circles above.

A steady trickle of descendants wearing red poppies and passed-down war medals, are beginning to arrive.

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On Saturday evening, the Queen and senior royals attended a remembrance concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Poppies fell from the ceiling of the venue after the Last Post was played and thousands of people in the audience held up photos of World War One soldiers.

The annual event, featuring performances from Sir Tom Jones and Sheridan Smith, is organised by armed forces charity the Royal British Legion as a "thank you to all who served, sacrificed and changed our world".

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