King Charles visits Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day

King Charles III listening to a survivor as they spoke during a remembrance event at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland

King Charles III has visited the largest former Nazi concentration camp to mark Holocaust Memorial Day for a special remembrance service.

That's a day which happens on 27 January every year and sees people from all over the world remember the millions of Jewish people, and people from other backgrounds, who were killed by the Nazis during World War Two.

The King travelled to Poland to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was liberated - or freed - 80 years ago in 1945.

He has become the first British Head of State to visit the site.

The service has taken place to mark 80 years since the liberation of the concentration camp

At the beginning of the day, the King visited the Jewish Community Centre in the city of Krakow, in Poland.

He said remembering the lessons of the past was important, and that knowledge should be used to inspire people to "build a kinder and more compassionate world".

During his visit to the Jewish Community Centre in Krakow the King was given a painting from children

The King then travelled to Auschwitz-Birkenau to meet some of the survivors of the Holocaust, who spoke at a special service.

Afterwards he lit a candle of remembrance to honour those who lost their lives.

He also met Poland's President Andrzej Duda during his visit to the country.

Events took place all around the world to mark the day.

There may have been special lessons and assemblies at your school, as well as workshops, ceremonies, and in some places, talks from survivors.

Other members of the royal family took part in the events too, with the Prince and Princess of Wales attending a ceremony to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in London.

The UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also attended the service in London.

Sir Keir said he wants to make teaching young people about the Holocaust a "national endeavour".

Number 10 Downing Street, the office of the prime minister, was lit up in purple to remember those killed.

As were several landmarks across the UK, including the Wales Millennium Centre, Edinburgh Castle and Belfast City Hall.