25 April 2012 Last updated at 09:45

In pictures: Anzac Day

Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders attend the Dawn Service at Anzac Commemorative Site in Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April, 2012

Australia and New Zealand are marking Anzac Day, held on the anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) landing at Gallipoli in World War I.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Anzac Commemorative Site in Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April, 2012

In Gallipoli, now part of Turkey, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said in a dawn service: ''We remember what the Anzacs did in war, and for what they did to shape our nation in peace.''

New Zealand defence force personal stand guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial in Wellington on 25 April, 2012

More than 10,000 soldiers died in 1915 at Gallipoli - the first time that Australia and New Zealand had fought as independent countries.

Children watch the veterans march past during the annual ANZAC Day parade in Sydney, Australia, 25 April, 2012

Anzac Day has become one of the most revered occasions in both countries, when veterans and war dead are remembered.

Veterans march down Sydney's George Street on 25 April, 2012 to honour their war dead

In Sydney, Australia, about 20,000 veterans and military personnel took part in a parade, cheered on by huge crowds.

Wreaths are laid during the Anzac Day dawn service at the Cheras Christian Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 April, 2012

Around the world, services were held. At the Cheras Christian Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, wreaths were laid before a service.

Australians look at a memorial plaque dedicated to World War II soldiers, at Hellfire Pass in Kanchanaburi province, 180 km (110 miles) west of Bangkok 25 April, 2012

Visitors paid their respect at a memorial plaque for World War II soldiers at Hellfire Pass in Kanchanaburi province in Thailand.

A young boy among gravestones at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, on Anzac Day, 25 April, 2012

A dawn service was held at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux in northern France, a memorial for more than 10,000 Australian soldiers who died in France and Belgium in World War I.

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In pictures: Anzac Day

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