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14:43 GMT, Friday, 25 April 2008 15:43 UK

In pictures: Anzac day

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Across the world, crowds have gathered to commemorate the 93rd Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) Day.

War cemetery in Gallipoli, Turkey

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On 25 April 1915, troops began the bloody fight for the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. More than 100,000 soldiers died - about 11,000 of them were Anzacs.

A war veteran in Sydney, Australia

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The day had extra poignancy for some of the older veterans, who may not take part in another march.

Crowds in Gallipoli, Turkey

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Thousands of younger Australians and New Zealanders made the pilgrimage to Gallipoli to attend a remembrance service.

A roll-call of the war dead in Canberra, Australia

A roll-call of the war dead in Canberra, Australia

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was among the crowds at a commemoration in Canberra.

A British war veteran in London

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British veterans, who fought alongside Anzac soldiers during both world wars, also remembered fallen comrades in the UK.

A soldier in Canberra

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Australia's land forces commander said the term Anzac had "transcended the physical meaning to become a spirit, an inspiration which embodies the qualities of courage, discipline, sacrifice".

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