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Children sit atop the World War II-era Soviet T-34 tank during Victory Day celebration in the Armenian capital Yerevan. Armenia as well as the other former Soviet republics celebrates the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9, the date of the Nazis' capitulation to the Soviet Union, which took place in the evening on May 8, 1945, following the original capitulation Germany agreed earlier to the joint Allied forces on the Western Front. AFP PHOTO
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Belarus youth take part in Victory Day celebration in Minsk. Belarus as well as the other former Soviet republics celebrates the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. AFP PHOTO
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Belarus World War II veterans dance during Victory Day celebration in Minsk. AFP PHOTO
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A World War II veteran speaks with a little child during Victory Day celebration in the Armenian capital Yerevan. AFP PHOTO
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World War Two veteran Pavel Ryzhkovsky, 91, (R) walks with Soviet army veteran Vitaly Epimakhov during Victory Day celebrations in the town of Molodechno, some 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Minsk. REUTERS
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A Chechen special forces officer rides atop an infantry fighting vehicle during Victory Day parade in central Grozny. Fighter jets screamed over Red Square and heavy tanks rumbled over its cobblestones as Russia flexed its military muscle on the anniversary of its costly victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. AFP PHOTO
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