Commemoration Ceremony for Armistice Day in France

November 11, 2018 1:04 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War at the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, Nov. 11, 2018.

Heads of State and Government attend a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day at the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, Nov. 11, 2018.

French President Emmanuel Macron lights up the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe during ceremonies, Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris.

History enthusiasts dressed as French soldiers prepare to fire a cannon during a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, in Epernay, France, Nov. 11, 2018.

Benin's Angelique Kidjo performs in front of heads of states and world leaders at the Arc de Triomphe, Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris.

Heads of states and governments arrive to attend a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of World War One at the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, Nov. 11, 2018.

History enthusiasts dressed as Zouave soldiers attend a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of World War One, in Epernay, France, Nov. 11, 2018.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, Nov. 11, 2018.

French President Emmanuel Macron, second right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel lay a wreath during a ceremony in Compiegne, north of Paris, where the vanquished Germans and victorious but exhausted Allies put an end to World War 1, Nov. 10, 2018.

British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron walk together after laying wreaths at the World War I Thiepval Memorial in Thiepval, France, Nov. 9, 2018.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron, left, after laying wreaths at the World War I Thiepval Memorial in Thiepval, France, Nov. 9, 2018. The memorial commemorates more than 72,000 men of British and South African forces who died in the Somme Offensive.