In pictures: Paris marks liberation

1 of 9 Ceremonies are being held across Paris to mark 60 years since the city was liberated from Nazi rule.

2 of 9 Events that took place 60 years ago are being re-enacted - such as the raising of the tricolour from the Eiffel Tower.

3 of 9 Veterans from the French Resistance and Free French forces are in Paris to mark the event and remember the fallen.

4 of 9 Military parades are included in the celebrations, with French and US tanks on display.

5 of 9 French President Jacques Chirac attended a parade by the modern successors to the troops who entered Paris in 1944.

6 of 9 Mr Chirac also decorated some of the veterans, whose military prowess bolstered the French Resistance.

7 of 9 Elsewhere in Paris, veterans enjoyed less formal celebrations - with breakfast in the Tuileries Garden.

8 of 9 Some Parisians helped invoke the spirit of 1944 by donning period clothes.

9 of 9 Later, the fancy dress will continue as Paris holds a celebration dance, as in 1944.